Q117
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Minerals, Energy & Industry
Kyelleng-Pyndengsohiong, Mawthabah (KPM) uranium mining project is located in the State of
- a.Arunachal Pradesh
- b.Nagaland
- c.Meghalaya
- d.Mizoram
Answer: (C) Meghalaya
The KPM uranium project of the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) is in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, where large uranium deposits were found at Domiasiat and nearby. Jaduguda in Jharkhand is India's best-known operating uranium mine. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram have no such uranium mining project. The project has faced local opposition in the Khasi Hills.