Hyderabad: Work to explore uranium deposits in an important reserve forest in Telangana has been suspended in view of public protests and disapproval of the state government.
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a union government body, announced that it was stopping work for the time being as the state government was not in its favour due to public anger.
AMD was planning to take up a survey and drill boreholes in Amarabad Tiger Reserve to estimate the uranium deposits in the region.
AMD director Dr AK Sinha told the media on the sidelines of a seminar on “Radiation and Environment’ in Hyderabad that the suspension of exploration was a “loss to Telangana” as many other states including Rajasthan and Jharkhand were more mining friendly and AMD was planning to take up the projects there.
Updated Jan 19, 2021 | 13:49 IST
The animal was witnessed strolling along and then scaling the airport s fence at 3am. Telangana forest department officials have gone through the footage. Leopard seen roaming around Hyderabad airport at 3am yesterday | Photo Credit: PTI
Hyderabad: A leopard was seen near the boundary wall of the city’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the wee hours yesterday.
The animal was witnessed strolling along and then scaling the airport’s fence at 3am. The state forest department officials have gone through the footage and confirmed the presence of the animal. The spot where the animal was seen is towards the south of the huge campus, around half-a-kilometre from the runway, according to a source of the Indian Express from the airport.