Observing that these pre-historic fossils were found around the Mandar Hills of the Santhal Parganas several years ago, Nishikant Dubey said, "In spite of demands being raised for a long time by the people in Jharkhand, the mining mafia is destroying all such fossils and there is no check on the illegal mining there."
Referring to fossil parks in the US which have turned into major tourist and scientific hot-spots, the member from Godda constituency said the government should take urgent measures to preserve and protect these fossils and make them available for posterity.
He said Santhal Parganas was full of history with Santhali script finding similarities to the ones found in Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
Sanjay Singh (Cong) was critical that education loans were not being made available by banks to needy children.
M Thambidurai (AIADMK) demanded immediate grant of digital conditional access licence to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation, an undertaking owned by the state government.
He accused the Centre of not granting the licence to the Corporation for starting operations in Chennai even though it had granted the same to nine other multiple system operators who had applied much later.
Bhola Singh (BJP) sought urgent steps by the Centre to set up a nuclear power plant in Rajauli area of Bihar, saying the Nitish Kumar government has also made a strong plea in this regard. (MORE)
