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 …
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 …
Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of Kaustav Paul Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 11/07/2023. The matter related to felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project. The Shillong-Dawki Road Project under Japanese funding is divided in five packages. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News Item Published in The Shillong Times Dated: 23.02.2022 titled “Poison flowing in Shillong’s rivers: Water quality index” dated 28/04/2022. The matter has been put up in view of a captioned media report to the effect that the …
SHILLONG: Union minister of science and technology, earth sciences, forests, environment and climate change, Harsh Vardhan, who inaugurated the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) Meghalaya at Upper Shillong here on Saturday said the northeast is a treasure house of plants, animals and microbial resources and is amongst the …
Shillong: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday said he would walk from his residence to his office on World Environment Day on June 5, observing it as No Vehicle Day as a part of his endeavour to save the environment. Conrad resides at Fourth Mile, Upper Shillong, about …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Environment Pollution & Health Hazards in the State Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 24/03/2017 regarding hotels and guest houses in Shillong releasing untreated polluted water directly to rivers. By order dated 10.2.2017, NGT had …
Residents of Pynthorbah will no longer have to bear the brunt of water crisis as the first ever water ATM in the State was officially inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister R. C Laloo in the city on Wednesday. The project was an initiative of the South Asian Forum for Environment …
GUWAHATI - Pre-monsoon maximum (day) and minimum (night) temperatures, during the current month, are on the rise in several places of the NE region this time. These places have recorded above normal maximum and minimum temperatures during the current month, demonstrating a remarkable change in the weather condition. Sources at …
The Public Health Engineering (PHE) department today denied reports that the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) was supplying acidic drinking water to the residents of Shillong city. It may be mentioned that the members of Khun Hynniewtrwep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) collected water samples from the 4½ Mile Reservoir …
SHILLONG: The State Government’s alleged slow approach in framing the mining plan and policy in line with the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) at a time when the government has shown haste in framing the Ordinance and a new Bill to empower headmen, has come under criticism. The …
NONGPOH: Less than 24 hours after traffic was stalled for some hours on the Umiam-Jorabat Expressway due t a landslide on Saturday afternoon, a massive landslip hit the highway again on Sunday afternoon completely blocking the highway and cutting off road communication between Shillong and Guwahati. Sunday’s massive landslide, triggered …
SHILLONG, Aug 18 - Incessant rain over the past 24 hours has caused flooding and landslides in different parts of the State capital and its surrounding areas, disrupting normal life today. In the State capital, nine families were evacuated from Pynthorbah after flash flood caused havoc in the area due …
Some months ago Prime Minister, Narendra Modi launched the air quality index at a two-day conference that included the environment and forest ministers from all Indian states. Officials at the conference are considering measures to strengthen environmental laws. Over the next two years, the index will be expanded to about …
SHILLONG: Tears and complaints of the affected tenants and residents of several buildings greeted East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Sanjay Goyal, district Superintendent of Police M. Kharkrang, MUDA officials and others when they went to seal the sky-rise buildings on Monday. The tenants alleged that they were given a very …
The State PHE department is awaiting release of the fourth installment of Rs.43 crore from the Central Government to resume the construction work for Phase III of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme. Speaking to media persons in Shillong on Sunday, SK Sunn, Chief Engineer, PHE Department, informed that the …
SHILLONG: The NGT, while hearing a petition filed by a city resident Naba Bhattarcharjee on the pollution of the Wahumkhrah, Umshyrpi and Umiam lake, has directed the State Government-run agencies to file their replies within a period of three weeks. The tribunal issued the directive to the Meghalaya State Pollution …
A massive landslide that occurred today evening at Umling, about 43 kms from Guwahati on National Highway 40 that connects the Assam capital with Shillong, has brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides for several kilometres. Ri Bhoi district deputy SP (Traffic) Rymphang Pde …
The flood situation in Meghalaya remained grim on Tuesday though water level in some parts of Garo Hills receded even as death toll due to the devastation caused by flash flood and landslides rose to 25. As many as 24 people are still reported missing. According to official sources, seven …
SHILLONG: Eight persons including a pregnant woman and her mother-in law were killed and many others injured when a massive landslide buried them alive at Barapathar, in city in the early hours of Tuesday. With this death toll in the flood-related incidents has gone up to 25. The mud slipped …
SHILLONG: In an attempt to bring to the attention of the Centre on the impact of the NGT ban on coal mining on the livelihood of the local people, the Movement for Indigenous People’s Rights and Livelihood-Meghalaya (MIPRL-M) will be holding a ‘silent march’ in Shillong on July 30. The …
