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Volatile threat

a series of mild tremors following the earthquake, which hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands on September 14, 2002, has raised fears of a possible eruption of the Barren volcano. Experts say that a possible eruption of the volcano, located a few kilometres away from Diglipur at Barren Island can devastate the entire region. The early nineties witnessed the last full-scale eruption of the volcano, the only active one in the country.

According to S G Gaonkar, director, central region, Geological Survey of India (gsi), Nagpur, the

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