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, Dec 3: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) Forest Department has organized a meeting at a city hotel with the members of the Meghalaya Land Forests Owners
On a global scale, the existing Sacred Groves (SGs) follow ancestral worship on conservation in forest patches. SGs are distributed over a wide ecosystem and help in conservation of rare and endemic species. Well preserved SGs are store houses of biological, ecological, medicinal, ethno-cultural and religious values. During November 2006 …
No translation into local dialects SHILLONG, Nov 30: The raging controversy over the draft mining policy seems to have put the Lapang Government on the mat as it decided to extend the period of soliciting public opinion on the issue by another three months. The policy claims to address issues …
SHILLONG: Union Minister of Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that majority of people in Meghalaya supported the proposed uranium mining project in the State. "The positive outcome has emerged following the joint efforts of the Department of Atomic Energy …
SHILLONG, Nov 26: The politics surrounding the third phase of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) has eventually been cleared after the Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) Government assigned the Public Health Engineering (PHE) to allocate the construction work of the mega project funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewable …
SHILLONG: The East Jaintia Coal Miners and Owners Association (EJCMOA) has demanded redrafting of mining policy as the present policy contains a number of loopholes. In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Chief Minister BM Lanong on Tuesday, the EJCMOA said the mining policy was formulated keeping in mind the …
SHILLONG: The State Government has blamed the cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills for contamination of Lukha river water. "I am fully aware that the pollution of the river are due to the extensive coal mining and the increasing number of cement plants coming up in the district," Chief Minister …
The Draft Meghalaya Mining Policy proposed to be implemented by the State Government has been opposed by several NGOs expressing that the policy has certain loopholes which required thorough debate. On Saturday, concerned land owners and land lessees under the banner of the Joint Forum on the Draft Mining Policy …
SHILLONG: Sohra is all set to become the eco-tourism and crop production centre with Isreali assistance. The State Government is making all out efforts to restore the beauty and greenery of Sohra which is famed for receiving the highest rainfall in the world. Israeli company Argos (Agri-Projects) Limited has been …
SHILLONG: The level of air pollution where people smoke in hospitality sites in Shillong is 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guideline. This has been revealed in a survey on Air Quality Monitoring conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) at the initiative …
SHILLONG: A Japanese company has proposed what it calls "green coal" project to recycle waste products in the State especially those being dumped at Marten in Mawlai Mawiong. A delegation of the Japanese company Creative Company Limited Ecology Recycle Port had a brief discussion with officials of the State Urban …
SHILLONG, Nov 20: State Commissioner and Secretary, Public Health Engineering (PHE) PW Ingty said today that 100 per cent sanitation would be provided in all the villages of Meghalaya by 2012. He said this at the State-level training-cum-reorientation workshop on
SHILLONG, Nov 20: The city will witness innovative practice in waste management by heralding a new technology as the process is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Creative Company Ltd and Eco-Recycle Port of Hiroshima, a Japan-based company that specialises in the treatment of solid waste and conversion …
The plan to mine uranium in Meghalaya to address the needs of the nuclear industry in India has run into opposition and protests in the state. A complicated story featuring the opposition led by the Khasi Students Union emerges as one delves into the issue. Placing an active source of …
SHILLONG, Nov 19: NCP leader Purno Agitok Sangma today said that the Meghalaya Draft Mining Policy had not taken into account two important legislations introduced by the Centre to protect the interests of the indigenous people of the State. Addressing a press conference here today, Sangma reminded the MUA Government …
