Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda
Publication details: 1999Description: 1 videodisc (55min.)DDC classification:- 791.4372 BU-
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Multimedia | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | Special collection- CD/DVD (Multimedia) | Central Library | 791.4372 BU- (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 300905 |
"This is a documentary film on uranium mining and its deadly impacts on the tribal people living near the Jadugoda mine, mill and tailings dam, in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand (India). Unsafe mining, milling and tailings management by UCIL in this area for almost 30 years has resulted in excessive radiation, contamination of water, land and air, destruction of the local ecology, and lead for to genetic mutation, and slow death for the people of the region. The film attempts to depict the gross misuse of power by the authorities in displacing the original inhabitants of the region, the utter lack of concern for internationally accepted norms and safety precautions in the handling of uranium and its by-products, and their callousness of its disastrous impact on the people and the region......,
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