Spokesman and adviser of the Federation of Twenty Five Khasi States of Meghalaya, John F Kharshiing said the white paper submitted by Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to the erstwhile Donkupar Roy government was unsatisfactory and inadequate as the project posed serious health and environmental hazards.
A study of the white paper revealed that project activity would require large uninterrupted supply of water for which water resources in and around the project area would be tapped.
This would eventually cause rivers and streams around the uranium mining area to be contaminated and become unfit for human consumption.
"This is a matter which needs study by independent professionals ...