Villages in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh adjacent to the unprotected tailing pond of the Uranium Corporation of India’s uranium processing unit are in the grip of mysterious diseases.
No action was initiated to stop the seepage of radioactive wastage through groundwater. Several NGOs have time and again visited the villages and documented the plight of the people and animals that suffer boils and deformities.
The Tummalapalle Mine located in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has one of the largest uranium reserves in the world. The mine that started operations in 2012 with a capacity of processing 2,350 tons of ore per day.
