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 Indigenous People of Jaintia Hills Organisation has demanded closure of CMCL (Star Cement), located at Lumshnong, Jaintia Hills district in view of the threat posed by pollutants emerging from the plant to the people and the nearby Kotsati-Umlawan Cave. In a letter to the Chief Minister, president of …
SHILLONG: Opposition MDCs in KHADC have asked the intervention of Chief Minister Dr Donkupar Roy to stop indiscriminate felling of trees by KHADC contractors at Lailad and Byrnihat plantations, an action that, they say, is going on in violation of the Supreme Court order. In a letter to Dr Roy, …
Shillong: The Langrin Youth Welfare Association (LYWA) has refuted claims of the Synjuk Ki Nongshong Shnong Langrin and Warsan Lyngdoh Area that majority of the villages near the proposed uranium-mining project are supporting the project. In a statement issued here on Friday, LYWA president BS Lyngdoh while expressing surprise at …
By Naba Bhattacharjee The extensive extraction of fossil fuels has led to total denigration of global environment, both in land and sea. Consequently, fossil fuels like oil and coal are poised for extinction within the next few decades. The escalation in price of crude oil in international market is a …
JOWAI: Detection and subsequent deportation of illegal migrants in the State by various NGOs has been widely appreciated even as an unhappy lot of coal traders and mine owners called for immediate implementation of Inner Line Permit to solve manpower shortage, which has threaten the survival of coal industry here. …
SHILLONG, Nov 11: A twenty-member team of the Synjuk Ki Nongshong Shnong of West Khasi Hills supporting uranium mining in the State met Chief Minister Dr Donkupar Roy today asking him to approve the uranium project at Kylleng Pyndeng Sohiong in the district and to unlock the doors of opportunities …
Shillong: About 408 families from nine villages of Khatarshnong in East Khasi Hills district benefited from the five-year project on watershed management, carried out by Soil and Water Conservation, Government of Meghalaya, according official sources. A function was held recently at Kongthong village to formally hand over the management of …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya has no land use policy. Reckless mining and quarrying have resulted in the destruction of existing aquifers and watersheds. Despite heavy rainfall, Meghalaya faces acute water shortage especially in the winter months. This is due to the absence of any sustainable strategy for rain water harvesting, This shortage …
SHILLONG, Nov 4: Revival of the good old roof-top harvesting of rain water using tin-channels along the roof edges and bamboo channels from innumerable rain-fed springs to canalize water into storage tanks will be the only solution to solve the acute water crisis in rain-fed Meghalaya.
SHILLONG, Nov 4: With its support to the proposed uranium mining project at Mawthabah, twenty members of a West Khasi Hills-based NGO on Tuesday left for Jadugoda to substantiate their claims that
A government-appointed expert panel has allayed fears of health hazard expressed by individuals and organizations in Meghalaya over the proposed uranium mining project in the State.
By Sanjoy Hazarika Over the past years, during regular visits to my home town, the most enjoyable part of the day have been the long walks on crisp mornings, heading out from my parental home in Motinagar, now Liewdemsoh, into the welcoming shade of the pine forest above the AG …
By Rajib Roy SHILLONG: Unscientifically-laid water-pipes, some running overground and others alongside drains, and their clumsy handling by unauthorised plumbers have caused scarcity of drinking water in various localities of Shillong city. People of several areas of the city are facing a sort of artificial water crisis for various reasons, …
SHILLONG: Random mining carried out in an unscientific manner in Meghalaya has led to severe degradation of the environment there, according to a new study. "Considerable portions of the state's Jaintia Hills, which have over 46 percent forest cover, have been turned into degraded land due to extensive mining," said …
Researchers of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have said that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the proposed uranium mining project in Meghalaya did not address the environment and health concerns adequately. The sixth environment report of the CSE, which was released here today, pointed out that …
SHILLONG: State Pollution Control Board had conducted an extensive study on the impact of mining and the report was submitted in 1997. An expert committee had suggested at that time that a State Mining Policy was imperative. State Government never shared the report and did nothing with it. This information …
CSE releases report on mining By Our Reporter SHILLONG: Amid persistent public outcry against the Centre's push for uranium mining in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on Monday gave the thumbs up to the project for the sake of development, while taking a dig at anti-mining bodies for being silent …
