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 …
Massive encroachment of forest land in Assam has set the alarm bells ringing in New Delhi. A latest ground report compiled by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests revealed that 3, 30,400.00 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon by illegal settlers as on last year. “The government …
The restoration of degraded ecosystems, particularly water bodies in Jaintia Hills is need of the hour. However, no significant activity has been undertaken in the area. In this article, some water related environmental problems caused by coal mining and major impediments in initiating the restoration activities in Meghalaya are discussed …
New Delhi, August 27: At a time when the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) has raised a hue and cry in Assam, as many as 19 power projects including twelve 3.918 MW hydel power projects are on cards in northeast. The power plants would be set up in …
SHILLONG: Around 64.4 per cent of the children in the state are suffering from malnutrition while 47.2 per cent of the women are anaemic. This was revealed in a heath camp organized by the Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) in Moodymmai village under Thadlaskein block in the Jaintia Hills district. …
As many as 10 lakh cancer cases have already been detected in India in current year with the case load set to shoot to 11.48 lakh by 2015 and 13.20 lakh by 2020. A whopping 27 pc of these cancers are associated with tobacco and increase in incidence of cancers …
With mining being the largest industry of Meghalaya, exploitation of mineral resources are underway in the State overlooking laid norms and sand mining is one such example. Despite the recent ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) across the country on mining of sand from river beds, the effect …
If the Green tribunal’s decision to ban sand mining can prevail over the peculiar land tenure system in Meghalaya, the threat to the water reservoirs in the state can be effectively safeguard. Water reservoirs in the state have come under threat from stone and sand quarrying along their sources and …
Even as authorities in Meghalaya are in the dark about the presence of illegal stone quarries in the State, neighbouring Assam has decided to do its bit to restrict the unlawful trade. Kamrup district administration has imposed Section 144 of the CrPC on Saturday, restricting the flow of trucks from …
The National Green Tribunal’s ruling is likely to have an impact in Meghalaya where some of the rivers have been reduced to drains because of unregulated and unabashed sand mining with environmentalists raising the pitch for implementation of the order. The tribunal today banned mining or removal of sand from …
The Centre is all set to tie up with the KFW, a German government-owned development bank, for implementation of a project relating to addressing climate change and its impact in the northeastern states, including Meghalaya. "We are still waiting to sign the agreement with the ministry of DoNER," KFW natural …
SHILLONG, July 25: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Dr Mukul Sangma today said that the Meghalaya Mines and Minerals Policy which was passed last year will require further fine tuning to reach its objective. Dr Sangma was speaking at the valedictory function of the Citizen’s Conference on Environmental Governance organised by the …
AGARTALA: The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Neepco) is embarking on a plan to generate at least 1500MW power from non-conventional sources of energy, especially by tapping solar power and wind, in the next five years. Talking to TOI, Neepco CMD P C Pankaj on Wednesday said the upcoming …
The commission will decide on the mode and how the scheme is to be implemented in the state Meghalaya government is constituting a special commission to oversee the smooth implementation of the flagship Food Security scheme of the central government, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said today. "We will soon notify …
Centre approves additional fund of Rs 400 cr for rail projects in NE Taking note of the time overrun of national projects in the northeast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked Power Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia to take steps to expeditiously complete the hydropower projects in the region. In …
All the State governments in the northeast are likely to face a deduction of at least 7.5 per cent in Central funding under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), if New Delhi goes by its decision of reducing funding pattern. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is contemplating to …
After Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma, the eco-friendly bio-digester toilets mainly used by the army in high altitude regions of the Himalayas has caught the fascination of Community and Rural Development (C&RD;) Minister Prestone Tynsong during his recent visit to Lakshadweep. “We are planning to introduce Bio digester toilet technology …
In order to speed up the implementation of the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State a separate wing for this purpose would be created. It may be mentioned that Meghalaya has been a laggard in the execution of the flagship programme compared to other states in …
To improve sanitation in rural areas and in congested cities and towns in the state, the Meghalaya government will sign an MoU with the Defence Research and Development Authority (DRDO) to implement the latter's eco-friendly toilets, officials said on Monday. The eco-friendly bio-digester toilets mainly used by the army in …
The main cause for the temporary shutdown of the 275 Megawatts Kopili Hydel Project in Dima Hasao is due to acidification caused by unscientific rat hole mining in East and West Jaintia Hills District. The reservoir at Umrangso, a border area between Assam and Meghalaya, was found to contain acidic …
The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is losing an estimated Rs 12 lakh every day due to damage to its Kopili hydel project caused by acidic discharge from the unscientific coal mines of Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya. The project built on the river Kopili, a tributary of the …