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Uranium not responsible for dying fish, says Meghalaya
Shillong, April 20 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Friday denied a report that fish in the state's Ranikor river had died due to exploratory drilling for uranium ore and said the water had turned toxic from substances used by local people to catch fish. "The fish have died not due to exploratory drilling for uranium ore but due to the toxicity of the river where local people use toxic substances