Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "CAG faults city’s waste processing" appearing in the Shillong Times dated 16.09.2024 dated 24/03/2025. Reply affidavit dated March 21, 2025 has been filed by the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills district, Shillong. The affidavit stated that two …
The Prime Minister's Office has constituted a committee to facilitate systemic, scientific and planned utilisation of mineral resources in Meghalaya to prevent environmental degradation, officials said here today. The six-member Committee chaired by the cabinet secretary has Home secretary, Coal ministry secretary, Mines secretary and Meghalaya chief secretary, the official …
The coal miners and owners who have expressed reservation about the NGT guidelines can approach either the Government or the NGT for rectification, an official said on Wednesday. The Additional Chief secretary KS Kropha, who heads the NGT constituted committee, said on Wednesday said that if there are grievances on …
In a relief to thousands of people dependent on coal for their livelihood, an expert committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given consent for transportation of extracted coal under strict environmental guidelines in six districts of Meghalaya. The committee, headed by the state Additional Chief Secretary K …
SHILLONG: The State Government is awaiting the nod from the National Green Tribunal to allow the transportation of extracted coal after the assessment report of coal extracted in six districts of the States was submitted to NGT on Friday, a day prior to the deadline. The assessment for South Garo …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Impulse All Dimasa Students Union Dima Hasao Dist. Committee & Others Vs. State of Meghalaya & Others regarding coal mining in the State of Meghalaya.
Over one lakh people affected as Brahmaputra, Jingiram waters inundate several villages West Garo Hills was on Monday declared as flood hit district after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages of the district. Two other districts — East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills — were also …
Landslides on national highways in Meghalaya and Assam's Dima Hasao district have cut off the Barak Valley, Tripura and Mizoram for the last 30 hours. Reports said trees, boulders and mud came down the hills on NH-6 connecting Silchar with Shillong at Tansen in East Jayantia Hills district of Meghalaya, …
In a warming world, species distribution models have become a useful tool for predicting plausible shifts of a species occurrence enforced by climate change. Using maximum entropy (Mexent) model, we analysed present and future distribution patterns of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in two distinct bio-greographical regions of India: the Western …
The daily rainfall data for the twentieth century, from three stations across the region, constitute the basis for statistical analysis. However, the low signal-to-noise ratio makes it difficult to find any significant departure from the simplest null hypothesis of the stability of the rain record at individual stations in northeast …
New Delhi: Congress leaders from Meghalaya on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee here to seek his immediate intervention over the NGT’s ban on rat-hole coal mining in the state. “The ban on coal mining in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal has completely devastated the traditional and customary mining activities …
Total Sanitation Campaign scam in Garo Hills TURA: Central funds for construction of toilets in different schools of East Garo Hills have allegedly been misappropriated to the tune of over Rs 5 crore during the tenure of the then deputy commissioner and current Tura DC Pravin Bakshi who allegedly allowed …
Meghalaya coal miners, owners and dealers have called a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh on August 6 in protest against the State Government’s failure to comply with the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order to prepare an inventory of extracted coal in the State, resulting in continuation of ban on coal transportation. According …
SHILLONG: Power-starved Meghalaya is preparing “wind energy density maps” to identify regions in the mountainous state where wind energy could be tapped to meet the power requirement. “The MeECL (Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited) is mapping certain areas of the state where wind mills could be set up to harness the …
Mukul SOS to Modi on NGT ban With the wave of protests against National Green Tribunal’s ban on coal mining getting louder and louder in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma finally stepped in urging the Centre to allow the State Government to regulate the largely unregulated mining activities in view …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Threat to life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District Vs State of Meghalaya & Ors. dated 01/08/2014 regarding illegal, unscientific, unregulated and improper mining activity, particularly the rat-hole …
Thousands take part in silent protest rally in city SHILLONG: Thousands of people affected by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on rat hole mining of coal took to the streets on Wednesday demanding withdrawal of the restriction. The protestors also demanded withdrawal of NGT’s jurisdiction from Meghalaya since “the …
Hundreds of coal mine owners, labourers and those affected by bar on rat hole coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya by National Green Tribunal (NGT) today took to streets to protest against the ban. The protesters took out silent procession two days ahead of the NGT hearing here scheduled on …
SHILLONG: In an attempt to bring to the attention of the Centre on the impact of the NGT ban on coal mining on the livelihood of the local people, the Movement for Indigenous People’s Rights and Livelihood-Meghalaya (MIPRL-M) will be holding a ‘silent march’ in Shillong on July 30. The …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal’s eastern zone bench has issued a notice to the Meghalaya government over a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on air, water and environmental pollution in the state. Gauhati High Court had in 2012 taken suo moto action on the CAG report which had …
SHILLONG: The State Forest department is distressed over the mushrooming of small-scale illegal saw mills all along the Meghalaya-Assam border and in several other locations across the State despite continued efforts to crackdown on the same. A high ranking official of the State Forest department, while speaking to reporters on …
