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 …
SHILLONG: The Gauhati High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the State Government for failing to take tangible steps in the matters pertaining to framing of Mining policy. Hearing the petition filed by prominent lawyer Siddharth Dey on behalf of the five citizens from Jaintia Hills …
Shillong, Sept. 30: Hopes of economic recovery for the people residing in the plains belt of Garo hills took a blow after several hundred acres of standing crops were completely destroyed in the second wave of floods in the area. “The damage to households and crops is more severe this …
Shillong, Sept. 27: Meghalaya was today certified as the worst state in the country in relation to coal mining, by governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary. “Coal mining in the state is the worst kind of mining seen anywhere in the country. The rat-hole mining practised here has no security for the …
SHILLONG: Notwithstanding widespread opposition from various corners, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has advocated the need for Uranium mining which according to him would benefit the State immensely in terms of power generation. “Uranium is an important natural resource since it is a critical source for generation of power,” Mooshahary said …
SHILLONG: Despite the government initiating several measures to curb the menace of tobacco and other allied products, the tobacco consumption is increasing every year in the State. “The scenario in Shillong is very bad as far as tobacco consumption is concerned and as per reports Meghalaya is ranked third among …
SHILLONG: Despite having huge potentials of generating solar energy in the state, yet not even point one per cent has been exploited so far, claimed experts. “The potential of renewable energy source in the state is about 3669 MW”, Director of the Meghalaya Non-Conventional and Rural Energy Development Agency (MNREDA), …
Plans to install 4180 LEDs, CFLs across Shillong city SHILLONG: The Urban Affairs department is currently in the process of identifying locations for installation of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) in the city. It may be mentioned that the State Government has mulled to install 4180 street …
NONGPOH: Land owners and the Umden Dorbar Pyllun have joined hands to pressurise the State Government to release the compensation package for the land owners affected by the Shillong Airport expansion project by the end of September. The decision was taken at an emergent meeting held at Umden attended by …
JOWAI: Unauthorised checking of labour licenses by certain NGOs in Jaintia hills have badly affected coal mine owners, who have claimed that such checking has led to shortage of manpower in their respective mines. Coal traders allege that checking of labour license and other documents of inter-state migrant labourers has …
SHILLONG: The joint inspection committee, constituted by the State Government whether the cement plants established in Jaintia Hills had in actuality flouted environmental norms, has submitted its report. According to an official source, though the Committee submitted its report to the State Government on August 31, the latter is yet …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
The residents allege that several people of the area received multiple splinter injuries during the frequent gelatin blasts carried out by these stone quarries to smash the hard rocks GUWAHATI: The setting up of illegal stone quarries along the ‘disputed’ stretch of the Assam-Meghalaya border has resulted in large-scale cutting …
GUWAHATI: Taking advantage of the long pending inter-State border dispute and the negligence of the Assam government, illegal stone quarries are flourishing along the Assam-Meghalaya border adjacent to Basistha temple, a famous tourism site in Guwahati city. The Baisistha temple is located around 7-km away from Dispur. Over the last …
NONGPOH: Over hundreds of land owners have set September 30 deadline for the State Government to release the compensation for the land which the Airport Authority of India (AAI) had acquired for expansion of Umroi Airport. The land owners from Umden Mission along with the leaders of Seng Samla Umroi …
Shillong: The traditional chiefs of Meghalaya have called upon Union Power minister, M Veerappa Moily, to accelerate the process of complete electrification in Meghalaya. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Power Minister during his visit to the city on Monday, the chairman of the traditional chiefs of Meghalaya, JF …
SHILLONG: The HSPDP on Thursday asked the State Government to revoke the order on declaring parts of West Khasi Hills as an elephant reserve. The Central Executive Committee of HSPDP which met on Thursday took a serious note on the notification issued by the Forest department in this regard. The …
Under the Central government’s scheme of Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP), five slums of Shillong have been selected for upgradation. The selected slums are Mawbah, Demseniong, Lower Mawprem, Pyntohrumkhrah and Kynjatphutbol. Informing this here on Thursday, Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said that the total project cost has been …
SHILLONG: Residents of Mawkyrwat, headquarters of new South West Khasi Hills district, are concerned that river Sala, the only source of potable drinking water for them, might be contaminated in the wake of fresh wave of urbanisation. The locals want that prior care should be taken so that river pollution …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is looking into the possibility of having low-cost designed houses meant for the poor people of the State. Informing this here today, Housing Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said, “Under this scheme, we are offering Rs 1 lakh low cost housing scheme which is at its final stage.” She said …
Shillong, Sept. 12: The foundation stone for the first-ever hydel power project, to be executed by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Neepco) in Meghalaya, will be laid by Union power minister M. Veerappa Moily on Monday. Despite having its headquarters in Shillong since 1976, it was only in …
