Student body urges defence minister to relocate Lower Subansiri firing range

  • | Thursday | 31st May, 2018

ITANAGAR: Citing the environmental and noise pollution caused by bombing practice, a student body has urged defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman to relocate the Indian Air Force firing range at Dollongmukh in Lower Subansiri district. "However, no compensation has been given to the victim's family," the memorandum stated.During the recent Gagan Shakti exercise, the memorandum added, the "heavy bombing crossed all limits". "The environmental and sound pollution being caused due to heavy and regular bombing practice is not only causing serious health hazards but also posing great danger to life and property of the people living in the area," a memorandum submitted to Sitharaman by the All Dollongmukh Area Students' Union on Tuesday said, urging her to look for an alternative site where the firing range can be set up instead.The student body also told the defence minister of an incident in 1992, when a person was killed during bombing practice at the firing range.

ITANAGAR: Citing the environmental and noise pollution caused by bombing practice, a student body has urged defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman to relocate the Indian Air Force firing range at Dollongmukh in Lower Subansiri district."The environmental and sound pollution being caused due to heavy and regular bombing practice is not only causing serious health hazards but also posing great danger to life and property of the people living in the area," a memorandum submitted to Sitharaman by the All Dollongmukh Area Students' Union on Tuesday said, urging her to look for an alternative site where the firing range can be set up instead.The student body also told the defence minister of an incident in 1992, when a person was killed during bombing practice at the firing range."However, no compensation has been given to the victim's family," the memorandum stated.During the recent Gagan Shakti exercise, the memorandum added, the "heavy bombing crossed all limits".

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