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 …
From Our Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI: The UPA Cabinet on Friday revised the uranium royalty rate, an action that could benefit mineral-rich Meghalaya once uranium mining kicks off in the State. "The UPA Cabinet has approved the revised the rate of royalty for uranium as per the recommendations of the …
In a decision that will result in substantial monetary gains for states having uranium reserves, the Government on Friday revised the royalty rates for the mining of uranium according to the recommendations of a study group. The Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL), the only company engaged in mining of uranium …
SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) will conduct post-operative surveillance on fowls in areas from three to ten kilometers of Meghalaya's side of Khanapara on December 29 to collect samples to see if bird flu has spread to local poultry from Assam. According to AHVD Director Dr Daurupathan …
SHILLONG: Meningococcal meningitis has claimed 193 lives in the State this year and there are public concerns that the killer disease is yet to be wiped out from Meghalaya. Director of Health Services Dr KH Lakiang on Wednesday said only ten meningococcal meningitis deaths had been "medically confirmed" by doctors …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya continues to have a poor record when it comes to implementation of Central schemes. Besides several other projects including Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), one of the most progressive social welfare schemes called National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has yet to take off in the State …
SHILLONG: Bio-diversity is a subject best left to environmentalists, or so it is believed. This springs from a lack of awareness about the larger consequences that destruction of biodiversity can lead to. According to Dr K Venkataraman, Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority, India which is surrounded by coastlines on all three …
SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V;) Department has begun spraying of disinfectants, including sodium hypochloride, in the villages of Ri-Bhoi district bordering Assam, where at least 1100 birds have been culled as a precautionary measure against bird flu. The State Government would pay Rs 75 and Rs 35 for …
SHILLONG, Dec 15: The Meghalaya Government is yet to constitute the State Biodiversity Board (SBB) under the National Biodiversity Act (NBA), 2002, to protect its vast pool of exotic flora and fauna, although it falls under the country
Culling of birds continued in Meghalaya for the second day today as reports on the tests of blood samples of birds from Assam-Meghalaya border villages in Ri Bhoi district were yet to reach the State capital. To prevent spread of the H5NI virus from bird flu-hit Assam, the State Veterinary …
SHILLONG: The long cherished dream of people of Mawdem, a remote area of Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya, bordering Assam to have their own drinking water supply has finally become a reality after Public Health Engineer (PHE) Minister AL Hek inaugurated the Rs 60.35 lakh Mawdem Water Supple Scheme under …
SHILLONG: With bird flu spreading to at least nine districts of Assam and parts of Bangladesh bordering Meghalaya, the State Government has banned import of poultry and poultry products from that state and the neighbouring country. In view of the gravity of the flu situation, the Centre has rushed Animal …
While some medicinal herbs found in the North East, especially in Meghalaya can cure ailments ranging from snake bites to malaria, others could prove to be harmful, studies have found. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, some of the medicinal …
SHILLONG, Dec 9: Following the outbreak of avian flu in Asom, the Meghalaya Government has banned the import of chicken and other poultry products from outside the State. Director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department Dr D Khonglah said the import of poultry products are banned only in the …
SHILLONG: GSU Khasi Hills zonal general secretary RK Momin has alleged that employees of the forest beat house including police personnel of the police out post at Athiabari, West Khasi Hills are hand in glove with smugglers involved in illegal transportation of timber from Athiabari to Assam. Informing this on …
SHILLONG, Dec 3: The implementation of the Centrally-sponsored Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) in Meghalaya is abysmal, revealed the reports of the director and coordinator of the National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA) PK Khatre. Notwithstanding the Meghalaya Government
Many agroforestry programmes, started during 1970s in various countries, suffered on account of ignoring the socio-economic structure of farm households in the design of these programmes. The empirical studies on behaviour of households on on-farm tree cultivation are now gaining importance to design socially acceptable agroforestry programmes to encourage agroforestry …
SHILLONG: The State Government has ordered an inquiry into the alleged rampant felling of trees by KHADC at Lai Lad and Byrnihat, Ri-Bhoi district recently. The inquiry was ordered after the Leader of the Opposition in KHADC Hardinge L Massar drew the attention of Chief Minister Dr Donkupar Roy asking …
