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 …
SHILLONG: BJP Meghalaya State Unit has entrusted the State general secretary Dr PM Passah to enquire into the alleged involvement of its Jaintia Hills district president Junior Lamin in the Uranium ore smuggling. Mr Lamin was amongst the three accused who were arrested after the Jowai police and personnel of …
Meghalaya is a landlocked state where the progress of industrialization is very slow. Majority of the population (rural) depends on agriculture. Agriculture in the state is carried on in primitive ways with Jhumming prevailing in many parts. This practice is considered destructive as vast forest areas are cleared and burnt. …
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 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 …
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. …
Mining is an unregulated activity in Meghalaya. Forests are felled and coal and limestone are excavated without any concern for the environment. The existence of a State Pollution Control Board has not added to the quality of the environment or reduced pollution in any way. On the contrary, "No objection …
JOWAI: People of Narpuh Elaka have welcomed the setting up of a Rs 360-crore cement plant - the Hills Cements Co Limited (HCCL) -- at Mynkre village in Jaintia Hills, under Khliehriat Sub-Division, overriding protests from few organisations. Participating at a public hearing, organised by Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board …
SHILLONG: Proliferation of cement industries in Jaintia Hills, including those set up by Meghalaya Cement Limited (MCL), Adhunik Cement Limited (ACL) and Cement Manufacturing Company Limited (CMCL), has threatened the environment, causing air and water pollution in the region. Taking serious note of mushrooming of cement plants in the district, …
As high as 49 per cent of Meghalaya's population lives in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) margin while the East Garo Hills district has topped the BPL list in the state with 55.94 per cent families living in abject poverty. Official sources said here today that in the Jaintia Hills …
Even before the caves in Meghalaya can reveal clues to climate change, rampant mining is destroying their wealth. AMARJYOTI BORAH goes deep into the issue Meghalaya carries a bewitching world in its belly. The natural caves found in Jaintia Hills are a storehouse of geological treasures. Rivers and streams flow …
Regulating mining in Meghalaya is tricky. Since Meghalaya is a Sixth Schedule state, the state government and the mining department do not have a direct control over its mineral resources; it is the tribal people who own the land. Meghalaya is the only state in India where coal mining is …
The state Health Department was sent into a tizzy after a girl with suspected symptoms of bird flu was admitted at the Civil Hospital here on Thursday. "One Anjalina Paslain (21) has been admitted with fever and rashes and has been kept in the isolation ward,' state director of health …
When Sted Syiemlieh was a little boy, people in his mountain village, Tyrna, a few km from Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, could predict when the skies would open up. "It was always at the same time,' the 75-year-old farmer says. "Those days, we could tell how long the rain would last. …
The main aim of this study are: to identify, map and determine the extent of vegetation cover and its condition in the coal mined and unmined areas; to find relationship between spatial distribution of vegetation including its condition and mining; and to assess the impact of coal mining on vegetation …
The coal is one of the extensively utilized minerals in Meghalaya. Though coal deposits in the state is found all along the southern fringe of Shillong plateau, Jaintial Hills District is a major producer of coal. Mining operation, undoubtedly has brought weath and employment opportunity in the area, but simultaneously …
