Asserting that the Telangana government is against uranium mining in Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR), Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said that an appropriate resolution would be passed in the assembly and Council, expressing the opinions of both houses.
He said the proposed exploration may contaminate river Krishna on which Hyderabad depends for drinking water and clirified that the state government had never accorded permission for uranium mining post June 2014 (four months after the new state came into being).
"We have no intention of allowing uranium mining... We will not allow Nallmala forests (where the tiger reserve is) to be destroyed. It will contaminate Krishna river from which we get drinking water.
It will impact our capital city Hyderabad. So at any cost we will not allow uranium mining. This is our firm decision. I request the people of state not to worry about it."
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