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 long spell of dry season in the State has resulted in a water scarcity in the capital city with various localities facing a sudden drop in water supply. The scarcity of water at a time when the State is observing Easter has irked residents of the city. Residents have …
As per a latest order coming in from the National Green Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi, the Chief Secretary of the Government of Meghalaya and the Director General of Police for Meghalaya state have been directed to ensure that rat–hole mining or illegal mining is stopped within the areas of …
The High Court of Meghalaya has dismissed a writ petition against Lafarge on allegations of land dispute. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice P.C. Pant and Justice S.R. Sen on April 16. The writ petition was filed against a Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd. project at Nongtrai, Shella in …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in an interim order has stayed rat hole mining in Jaintia Hills. The order was passed on an application filed by All Dimasa Students’ Union, Dima Hasao District Committee against the State of Meghalaya. The petitioners contended in the original application no 73/2014; M.A.No.174/2014 that …
National Green Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi has instructed Chief Secretary of the Government of Meghalaya to ensure that illegal rat-hole mining is stopped within the areas of Meghalaya. Read text of this 4-page landmark interim order passed by Justice P. Jyothimani and Justice M.S. Nambiar in response to the …
The Meghalaya Agrovet Private Limited has been served a one month deadline by the Headmen of Umsning area under the umbrella of Umtrew River Protection Committee (URPC), urging the company to remove all the waste product released to the River Umtrew which is a source of drinking water supplying water …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Threat to life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District Vs State of Meghalaya & Ors dated 04/04/2014 regarding illegal coal mining activity being carried out in Meghalaya.
SHILLONG: The National Green Tribunal will hold a hearing in Shillong on Friday on the matter of threat to life arising out of coal mining in South Garo Hills District. NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee will hear the matter. In the last sitting, the NGT …
“Bomb, bomb, bomb!” shouted the miner, and his warning echoed off the walls of the decapitated hillock. Seconds later, an explosion sliced off yet another chunk of limestone, which crumbled into a pile somewhere near where the centre of the hill used to be. The mines owner, Alldrina Nonglamin, 40, …
The Division Bench of the High Court of Meghalaya has rejected the PIL filed by Shella Action Committee (SAC) which demanded a halt on excavation and transportation lime stones being carried out by Lafarge. The Division Bench of Chief Justice PC Pant and Justice TNK Singh in a recent order …
Purchase & transmission cost put at Rs. 600 cr. in 2014-15 The Meghalaya Government has proposed a whopping 90 per cent hike in power tariff to meet skyrocketing purchase and transmission cost of power, projected over Rs.600 crore for 2014-15, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said on Thursday. “The Meghalaya Public …
Chief Minister, Dr Mukul Sangma today said that companies operating in the state will be mandatorily guided by the new law that stipulates the portion of profits that companies must spend on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) every year. “It has been binding on every industries and reflected in the Act. …
Meghalaya, famed across the globe for its famous, rich and long cave system, is on the verge of losing the naturally occurring geomorphological wonders of nature, thanks to rampant and unscientific coal-mining activities in Jaintia Hills. In what has become an annual feature, a team of cave explorers from different …
Ahead of the polls, the cabinet is expected to consider several measures, including a proposal to raise the workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 a year for scheduled tribes and forest dwellers and another to open 54 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country in …
A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook India's northeastern states on Sunday night, officials said. The quake occurred around 10.35 p.m. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property. According to the Regional Seismological Centre here, the epicentre was in Arunachal Pradesh's West …
SHILLONG: The World Bank has announced the launch of the 2014 India Development Marketplace (call for proposals) under which organisations and self-help groups in Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram can access funds over USD 1.5 million for implementing innovative service delivery schemes. Announcing the proposal during a press conference here on …
The three regional parties – UDP, HSPDP and KHNAM – have reiterated their opposition to mining of uranium in the State in their manifestoes for the upcoming district council elections. While the anti-uranium mining stand features among the top agenda in the manifestos of the HSPDP and KHNAM, it is …
A student organisation in the state has urged the government to challenge the National Green Tribunal’s order to ban mining or removal of sand from river beds. On Wednesday, the Khasi Students’ Union – South West Khasi Hills District (KSU–SWKHD) met deputy chief minister, Rowell Lyngdoh in this regard. According …
The Meghalaya Government has misrepresented before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about coal mining ban in South Garo Hills and it took the lives of four persons to expose the lie. During a hearing of the Tribunal here on January 24, the Meghalaya government had informed the Tribunal that coal …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is undertaking multi-state mega mock exercises, covering the eight states of the NE region, on March 10 and 13 next to assess the gap in the earthquake preparedness plans of the region. Disclosing this at a media sensitisation workshop here today, NDMA member T …
