JADUGODA (JHARKAND): THE DARKER SIDE OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand, is the chief source of Uranium in India, providing fuel for the nuclear reactors. However, the uranium comes at a colossal human cost. In this case, those paying the price are adivasis (indigenous population), the Santhal, Munda and Ho tribes. Due to the proximity of the mine, a large number of villagers suffer from cancer, skin diseases, physical deformities, blindness, brain damage, disruption of menstrual cycle or loss of fertility. Villagers, evicted from their lands, work as miners and are exposed to a heavy dose of radiation. Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), responsible for operating the mine refutes the allegations and refuses to acknowledge the problems. However, independent researchers believe that it is difficult to conceive of any reason, other than radiation, for the human and environmental catastrophe. This site has been created to provide a window to outside world to Jadugoda and its problems, a creation of our own. In the hope that those responsible for creating problems can also work towards addressing them.

Jadugoda is a tribal populated area in singhbhum district of BIHAR(India).it first come into prominence when uranium deposits were discover in the area by uranium corporation of India Ltd(UCIL). Jadugoda is India's only uranium mine UCIL make no attempt to protect the lives of the people and the environment of the area .the unsafe mining of uranium has resulted in excessive radiation leading to genetic mutation and slow death. medical reports reveal that the impact of radiation on the lives of the tribals has been devastating.

http://www.jadugoda.net/

http://www.jadugoda.net/reports/anumukti.pdf

THE DARKER SIDE OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

http://jadugoda.blogspot.com/

Accident at Jadugoda

http://www.jadugoda.net/Accidents/index.html

Black Magic of Uranium at Jadugoda

http://nonuclear.se/files/black-magic-at-jadugoda2007idpd.pdf

Uranium Mining

Uranium-poisoned villagers point to Irresponsible India

http://indiblog.com/144/uranium-poisoned-villagers-point-to-irresponsible-india/

http://unboxedwriters.com/2011/03/people-meet-in-architecture/

http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/j/jaduguda.asp

http://www.pramodb.com/?p=386

http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/j/jaduguda.asp

In pictures: Living by India's uranium mine

Why are people affected?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/1.stm

'Cannot speak or walk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/2.stm

Guria and her father

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/3.stm

23 years on a bed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/4.stm

Problems through life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/5.stm

Ore

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/6.stm

Washing spinach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/7.stm

'Deplorable' situation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/south_asia_living_by_india0s_uranium_mine/html/8.stm

NUCLEAR POWER - URANIUM CRISIS

http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2227/stories/20060113000806000.htm

Eyewitness: Radioactivity doesn't stop at the mines in Jaduguda

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/11118

The most affected Durku village that falls within the Jaduguda site . People living in this belt are affected by serious illnesses like thalassemia ,

cancer , retardation and many incurable skin diseases due to Uranium radiation since many years . March 11 , 2007

http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockphoto.asp?imageid=2157732

Boy suffering the reward of radiation.....

http://photos.merinews.com/newPhotoLanding.jsp?imageID=11265

Road to jaduguda

http://elephantcorridors.blogspot.com/2009/12/road-to-jaduguda.html

A deformed existence

http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/deformed-existence

Indian Tribes Dig In to Fight Uranium Mine

http://nexusilluminati.blogspot.com/2010/03/indian-tribes-dig-in-to-fight-uranium.html

Photos of radiation affected children in Jadugodda in Jharkhand, India.

http://nitishpriyadarshi.blogspot.com/2008/09/photos-of-radiation-affected-people.html

Toxic Mining in Tribal India

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/toxic-mining-tribal-india

Spills at Jaduguda Uranium Mine, Jharkhand, India

Tailings pipeline burst

http://www.wise-uranium.org/umopjdgs.html

BUDDHA WEEPS IN JADUGODA

http://www.jca.apc.org/~hiroko/jadugoda/jadugoda.html

http://toxicslink.blogspot.com/2007/03/toxic-fallout-jadugodas-nuclear.html

Atomic Radiation is More Harmful to Women

http://nonuclear.se/en/radiationwomen201110nirs

http://www.nirs.org/radiation/radhealth/radiationwomen.pdf

http://nonuclear.se/files/radiationwomen201110nirs_press_release20111018.pdf

DOCUMENTARY:

Jadugoda The Black Magic

About this Film

This 10-minute documentary, based on the 2007 study, Black Magic of Uranium at Jadugoda, conducted by the Indian Doctors for Peace and

Development (IDPD Patna chapter), explores the harsh realities of indigenous peoples living near the Jadugoda mine, mill and tailings dam in

the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand, India.

http://intercontinentalcry.org/jadugoda-the-black-magic/

Jaduguda: Villages and woes

http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1618/16180700.htm

http://www.viiarchive.com/webgate/index.php?SEARCHMODE=SERIES&SHOWSERIES=1.682&TABLIGHTBOX=SERIES&UURL=dec5ed13751d1c84418047229b766c81