Radiation level in uranium-rich areas of Meghalaya within safety limit
Shillong, Jan 28 (UNI) An expert committee of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) has found that radioactive radiation in Uranium-rich deposits in and around Nongbah Jynrin, Wahkaji, South West Khasi Hills District is “well within the safety levels.”
The six-member expert committee headed by Prof B Myrboh, Department of Chemistry, NEHU was requested by the state government to investigate and submit its report after anti-uranium mining lobby had claimed that there was leakage of “radiation” from a concrete tank allegedly containing radioactive remnants of an exploratory uranium mining at Nongbah Jynrin village in the State’s South West Khasi Hills district bordering Bangladesh.