<p>Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of Kaustav Paul Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 11/07/2023.</p> <p>The matter related to felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the
SHILLONG: UDP legislator Jemino Mawthoh has questioned the State Government for failing to take concrete measures to arrest the problem of urban congestion in the State. “Out of the total urban population in the State, 60 per cent of the population is concentrated in Shillong city. The increase in the population in Shillong is a result of huge floating population and also the large migration of people from the rural areas to the city,” Mawthoh said while moving a motion in the Assembly on Tuesday.
SHILLONG: The State Government has decided to adopt a number of measures to revamp and re-strategize the public transport system in the city. Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Friday informed
SHILLONG: People’s lifestyle has always been a factor in one’s health and this is true in Shillong too. With the rise in what doctors consider unhealthy life style the death rates too are rising. In the last 5–6 years Meghalaya has seen a huge rise in Cancer rates in the state with 1038 cancer cases being registered in Civil Hospital Shillong alone. Addressing this issue, a Specialist from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Judita Syiemlieh informed that in recent years especially in 2009 and 2012 there was a huge rise in the numbers of cancer cases being reported only in Civil hospital Shillong. She added that the number would be many fold if we take into account the cases that go to other states of the country for treatment.
Shillong: Since December last year electricity has been playing truant in Shillong city. The situation beyond the city is even more pathetic. When consumers call the Area Manager’s office they either get an engaged tone or are told that the telephone is temporarily out of order. But that is hardly their fault. It’s the entire system that is creaking. After the corporatisation process MeSEB became MeECL. The nomenclature changed but the Government continues to run the Corporation like a department and the Chief Secretary who is burdened with running the entire Secretariat is also expected to be the corporate wizard to turn the sick MeECL around.
SHILLONG: The Travelling International Uranium Film Festival India 2013 has chosen Shillong as one of the cities to showcase films on the different aspect of Uranium mining and Nuclear Energy in the world. This two-day event will be inaugurated tomorrow in the city. International Uranium Film Festival is a global event organised by the Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and in India it is being held in collaboration with an Indian filmmaker Shriprakash.
SHILLONG: As many as 60 land owners including farmers staged a protest on Wednesday near Mawryngkneng demanding compensation for the land used for constructing the Shillong By pass. The villagers from Diengpasoh, Thangshalai and Mawryngkneng together with KSU also stopped the construction work in the area between Mawryngkneng and Diengpasoh.
SHILLONG: Principal Secretary, Urban Affairs Department, P Naik has asserted that the proposed New Shillong Township is the only hope to save Shillong from further de-congestion and informed that the Government is according priority to the land acquisition process for the same. Talking to media persons here in the city recently, Naik said, “We have to go a long way and Shillong Township is the hope to save Shillong. ”The ongoing land acquisition process for the project has been dogged by controversy as farmers from the area had claimed that the land in possession of the Government at Mawdiangdiang was sold without their knowledge and consent by one Unikey Kharkongor of Laitumkhrah.
SHILLONG: 49 deaths including three children since 2002 due to HIV/AIDS in Meghalaya, coupled with the increase in the number of affected persons over the years reveal that the AIDS cases are increasing
SHILLONG: In a bid to avoid the direct discharge sewerage and solid waste into the river, the Government is likely to initiate the solid waste management (SWM) project by March next year. A presentation on the entire project was presented by Mott Macdonald, a noted consultancy firm, during a meeting held here in the State Secretariat on Wednesday in the presence of Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh and other officials.
SHILLONG, Oct 17 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today welcomed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail and mining. “FDI in retail would help in doing away with middlemen and benefit the farmers,
