Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surjith Kumar Nanu Vs State of Kerala & Others. The allegation of the applicant is that the mines of laterite stone is being done by Ashraf K in Palloramala hills affecting over 80.94 acres of land of Ulliyeri village. Despite …
jowai: The famous Lukha river in Jaintia Hills has turned blue again on Tuesday. Local people of Sunapur village and members of the Khasi Students Union witnessed the colour change of the river. Concerning over the contamination of the Lukha river, the Sunapur unit of the KSU urged the concerned …
SHILLONG: Unscientific mining of coal in Jaintia Hills has led to the rise in acidity level of the reservoir water of the Kopili hydro electric power plant. The financial losses incurred due to acidity in the reservoir water has accounted for a loss of about Rs 200 crore in the …
SHILLONG: The East Jaintia Coal Miners and Owners Association (EJCMOA), a conglomeration of coal miners and owners from the East Jaintia Hills has suggested the State Government to constitute a Joint Advisory Committee on Mining Policy which shall include representatives of the Government, professionals, experts and social organizations. Such a …
Climate change has played a spoil-sport for a Meghalaya village, once a home of orange. And now, unemployment is one of the major problems faced by the people of Lumshnong village of Meghalaya which was once known for its richness for orange cultivation. But this
JOWAI: The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has given a green signal to Amrit Cement Industries Limited to set up cement plant at Umlaper in Jaintia Hills district. Decision to this effect was taken after a public hearing on the issue held here on Monday. The Amrit Cement Industries has …
SHILLONG/JOWAI: Six government vehicles were set on fire by unidentified miscreants during the past 24 hours while the second day of the KSU night road blockade started amid minor incidents of violence on Thursday in the four districts of East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi and Jaintia Hills. During …
NONGSTOIN: West Khasi Hills Students' Union (WKHSU) has asked the non-tribal coal traders in Shahlang to leave the coal mining areas by October 23. "We have set a deadline for the non-tribals to leave the coal mines in Shahlang within October 23. A public notice has also been issued to …
SHILLONG: Coal mine owners of Jaintia Hills met on Tuesday at the Khliehriat circuit house to discuss the fall-out of the proposed scientific mining in the State after the adoption of the new State Mining Policy. The meeting was convened by Nehlang Lyngdoh, MLA and Thomas Nongtdu, nominated MDC, JHADC. …
Dreaded disease claims 138 lives in 2009 SHILLONG: The sudden outbreak of swine flu across the country and the ever-increasing death toll due to H1N1 infection may cause serious concern, but in Meghalaya meningitis still remains a greater threat. According to State Health Department sources, from January to September 11 …
Shillong: In a major shift in stance from Paul Lyngdoh the student leader to the mature, pragmatic politician of the times, the Urban Affairs Minister on Tuesday said that he is the lone dissenting voice in the Cabinet on the issue of uranium mining. Stating that the KHNAM which set …
Concerned with the engagement of 'munshis' by coal traders from outside the State to directly buy coal from coal depots in Jaintia Hills, the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People, Jaintia Hills has decided to ban the system with immediate effect. According to the FKJGP on Thursday, engagement of …
JOWAI: Union Minister of State for Water Resources Development, Vincent H Pala inaugurated the Common Facility Centre (CFC) of the Women's Group Handicrafts Multi-purpose Cooperative Society at Madankynsaw (Moo-kyndeng) village in Jaintia Hills on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Pala assured all help and assistance to self help groups …
Shillong: Meghalaya will hasten the process to draft the State Mining Policy. Although commercial extraction of coal and limestone is more than twenty years old, there is no policy to check the unscientific
SHILLONG: The State Government has procured 30,000 vaccines from Croatia for the ongoing mass vaccination against meningococcal meningitis that has reportedly claimed 257 lives in Meghalaya in 2008-09. With 30,000 more vaccines, about three lakh people will be vaccinated against the disease. Out of the 257 meningitis deaths so far, …
SHILLONG, June 19: Rampant deforestation and unscientific mining in Meghalaya was consistently referred as a cause of greater concern during the national seminar on global warming and climate change in Shillong today. Although the topic of discussion covers a wide range of issues that contributed to global warming, unscientific coal …
JOWAI: The District Programme Coordinator in Jaintia Hills, Sanjay Goyal, who is also the Deputy Commissioner, informed that in compliance to the Provision of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a public hearing will be held on observations of the Social Audit conducted on the Statutory processes relating to registration, …
SHILLONG: A total of 2,29,901 people have been covered under the first phase of the mass vaccination against meningococcal meningitis in East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills. Out of the 2,29,901 people that took the anti-meningitis vaccine, 69,458 were from East Khasi Hills and 1,60,449 from Jaintia Hills. The vaccination …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is awaiting medical kits from the Centre to go for a mass vaccination to combat the dreaded meningocal meningitis in four districts of the State. Although the government has been slow in complying to the suggestions of the expert committee constituted by Union Health Ministry as well as …
JOWAI: Coal traders in Jaintia Hills under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising Jaintia Hills Trucks Owners' Association (JHTOA), Jaintia Social Welfare Organisation (JSWO) and Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners' Association have threatened to agitate if cements companies under Lumshnong area in the district failed to accede to their …
