Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Global carbon emissions last year exceeded worst-case scenario predictions from just four years before, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). A rise of 6 percent (564 million additional tons) over 2009 levels was largely driven by three nations: the US, India, and China. Emissions from burning coal jumped …
Allegations of encroachment in forest lands by Jaintia Hills-based cement cos SHILLONG: State Mining and Geology department has finally initiated an inquiry into the alleged use of forest land by cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills district. Speaking to The Shillong Times, Deputy Chief Minister and in charge Mining and …
Democrats on Thursday blocked the first major bill in the Senate that would have delayed the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air rules. The bill, which needed 60 votes to pass, got only 47 votes. Joe Manchin from West Virginia, who faces reelection next year, was the lone Democrat to vote …
JOWAI: Various cement companies operational in Lumshnong area within Khliehriat Civil Sub-Division under the banner of the Jaintia Hills Cements Manufacture Association (JHCMA) have sponsored Rs. 5.76 lakh annually for starting a Commerce Stream in Jaintia Eastern College, Khliehriat. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the governing body …
GUWAHATI: The acquisition of 200 bighas of agri land for setting up a cement factory at Senabor village in the Khetri area under Sonapur revenue circle has led to a lot of resentment among the local people. Activists of the All Assam Shramik Krishak Kalyan Parishad today staged a protest …
Jaintia Hills Round-Up JOWAI: The Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF) has demanded closure of all cement plants operating in Jaintia Hills district saying they are functioning without the necessary clearance from the Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoEF), Government of India. These cements plants, have brought no benefit to the local …
Apart from destroying over 38,000 trees and affecting 1.26 lakh trees, as many as 50 families in Talain village will be displaced permanently by the controversial Lafarge cement plant being set up in the Alsindi-Ghanghar belt in Karsog subdivision in this district. The cement plant will spell doom for the …
Are environment and forest clearances a hindrance to development in the country? No, says a study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment. The study analyses the environment and forest clearances granted during the 11th Five Year Plan, from April 2007 till August 2011. The pace of such clearances …
ON SEPTEMBER 9, the Supreme Court ordered detergent company Nirma to file its reply to the show cause notice issued by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) within three months. MoEF had issued the notice in May, asking the company to explain within two weeks why the environmental …
Natural gas and imported liquefied natural gas could soon become cheaper if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s plea to states to lower taxes on them is accepted. In a letter to the empowered committee of state finance ministers, PM has made a strong pitch for a ‘declared goods’ status for both …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today proposed a unique land policy, which, while securing the land rights of the people living in the hills and wetlands in and around the city, also envisages a participatory approach to conservation of the environment of allotted areas. In the proposed policy, the …
SHILLONG, Oct 12 – The Opposition NCP in Meghalaya today demanded an inquiry into the alleged violation of forest laws in Jaintia Hills district by several cement factories even as the government said it will take tough action against those flouting norms. Talking to reporters here, Opposition leader Conrad Sangma …
SHILLONG: The State NCP has demanded an independent inquiry into the alleged use of forest land by as many as five cement companies in Jaintia Hills. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition Conrad Sangma asserted that these cement companies are operating in the middle of forest …
ON SEPTEMBER 9, the Supreme Court ordered detergent company Nirma to file its reply to the show cause notice issued by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) within three months. MoEF had issued the notice in May, asking the company to explain within two weeks why the environmental …
SHILLONG: The proposed limestone mining of Adhunik Cements Ltd (ACL) at Umsoo-Mootang, Thangskai at Jaintia Hills has invited much criticism from the FKJGP Narpuh Circle citing that the proposed project will have an adverse impact on the local ecology and environment. In a release issued here on Monday, the organisation …
The environment is holding up growth and economic development in India. This is the common refrain in circles that matter. So when the Group of Ministers tasked to resolve the issue of coal mining in forests asked for a report on what needs to be done, it was told that …
New Delhi Stumped by political opposition to letting private companies into commercial coal mining, the government has found a way to achieve almost the same without having to face Parliament. It is planning to allot captive coal blocks to private miners like BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Sesa Goa on …
Shillong, Sept. 28: The high-level committee constituted to reappraise the status of land under the utilisation of cement factories in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district has been asked to submit its report within November. On March 2, the state government instituted the committee first headed by the state principal chief conservator …
SHILLONG: The State Government-constituted high-level committee, which has been assigned the task to ascertain whether the cement plants in Jaintia Hills are mining limestone from forest areas, is likely to submit its report within November. “The Committee is going to submit its report in November. The State Government has purposely …
JOWAI: Several traditional institutions under Narpuh Elaka have given green signal to the proposed limestone mining of Ms. Adhunik Cement Limited at Umsoo-Mootang under Thangskai village in Jaintia Hills. The permission for this was given at a public hearing held by Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) at the premises …
