India, March 11 -- Dharamshala

Sikyong (president) of Tibetan government-in-exile Penpa Tsering on Monday said that Chinese government's 'unchecked' mining and construction projects have caused extensive damage to Tibet's natural environment.

Tsering, while reading the statement of cabinet on the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, said all these practices of China defies international and domestic laws, and basic human values. The cabinet, or the kashag, is the highest executive office of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and is headed by Sikyong.

On March 10, 1959, the people of Tibet from the three traditional provinces rose in protest against the repression by the Chinese communist forces in capital Lhasa. The...