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Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu connected Saturday said determination is nary menace to the earthy people of the Nagavali and Vamsadhara rivers owed to the exploration of formation soil minerals on the Srikakulam seashore successful Andhra Pradesh.
The Srikoormam and Bhavanapadu Placer Deposits person formation soil minerals like Ilmenite, rutile, zircon, sillimanite and rutile. A decennary ago, mining of these minerals was allowed successful the Srikoormam Placer Deposit, which is nestled betwixt the confluence of Nagavali and Vamsadhara rivers with the Bay of Bengal.
The exploration of the formation soil minerals came to airy again aft the Centre announced improvement of Rare Earth Mineral Corridors (REMC) successful South India, including Andhra Pradesh, successful the Union Budget 2026.
Speaking to the media astatine a property league here, Mr. Rammohan Naidu said: “All the ineligible hurdles person been cleared for the exploration of the formation soil minerals on the Srikakulam coast. There volition beryllium nary menace to the ecosystems of the 2 rivers - Nagavali and Vasmadhara - owed to the exploration.”
Mr. Rammohan added that technological studies are being conducted to reconstruct the courses of these 2 rivers, which are facing menace from aquaculture practices.
New airport
On the connection to make an airdrome successful the Godavari region, Mr. Rammohan Naidu said that the State authorities was yet to instrumentality a last telephone connected the airport, which was earlier projected successful Kakinada and Tuni.
