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 …
NEW DELHI: After Shillong ranked 18th in terms of good urban sanitation and cleanliness among Indian cities, the "Scotland of the East" is found to be the only State capital in the entire north-eastern region having a slum population of over 50,000. After Shillong, Delhi and Chandigarh are other cities, …
Leakage of radioactive elements SHILLONG: The current controversy about leakage of radioactive wastes from Delhi University which claimed one life and has affected many should make all other universities using radioactive matter for experiments to sit up and take notice. According to scientists in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) …
The Government of Meghalaya has decided to keep in abeyance the proposed exploratory mining of uranium in the Balpakram National Park. The Government came to this decision after meeting a delegation of the Garo Students
SHILLONG, March 25: The Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) Government has said it will not constitute Shillong Water Board to address the problem of water crisis in the city, saying completion of the Centrally-funded Rs 193 crore JNNURM project would help in solving the perennial problem. Moving a resolution in the …
SHILLONG: The State Government on Thursday admitted serious crisis of water faced by the people of Shillong but termed "inappropriate" a proposal for constitution of a separate Shillong Water Board to solve the problem. PHE Minister Prestone Tynsong, while replying to a question from Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri, however, said …
On an average, the North East was rocked by an earthquake every 10 days in 2009 as statistics pointed to increasing seismic activity in the region. Records with the Central Seismological Observatory in Shillong said 34
Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Pariat on Saturday claimed that no polio cases was detected in the State during the last 12 years. Pariat who administered polio drops to the children in Ganesh Das Hospital in Shillong to mark the inauguration of the Pulse Polio Immunization programme in the State of …
An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the North East region around 2.32 pm today. The intensity of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale, said sources in the Central Seismological Observatory, Shillong. Sources said that the epicenter of the earthquake was in Latitude 25.50 degree north and Longitude 94.80 …
The Meghalaya Government would soon sign an agreement with a UK-based charitable trust after which two vans would crisscross Meghalaya to help early detection and diagnosis of cancer. Health Minister Mukul Sangma said, the State Government will tie up with the MKC Roko Cancer Charitable Trust which would provide two …
SHILLONG, Nov 26: The politics surrounding the third phase of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) has eventually been cleared after the Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) Government assigned the Public Health Engineering (PHE) to allocate the construction work of the mega project funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewable …
The Draft Meghalaya Mining Policy proposed to be implemented by the State Government has been opposed by several NGOs expressing that the policy has certain loopholes which required thorough debate. On Saturday, concerned land owners and land lessees under the banner of the Joint Forum on the Draft Mining Policy …
SHILLONG: Sohra is all set to become the eco-tourism and crop production centre with Isreali assistance. The State Government is making all out efforts to restore the beauty and greenery of Sohra which is famed for receiving the highest rainfall in the world. Israeli company Argos (Agri-Projects) Limited has been …
SHILLONG: The level of air pollution where people smoke in hospitality sites in Shillong is 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guideline. This has been revealed in a survey on Air Quality Monitoring conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) at the initiative …
SHILLONG: A Japanese company has proposed what it calls "green coal" project to recycle waste products in the State especially those being dumped at Marten in Mawlai Mawiong. A delegation of the Japanese company Creative Company Limited Ecology Recycle Port had a brief discussion with officials of the State Urban …
SHILLONG, Nov 20: The city will witness innovative practice in waste management by heralding a new technology as the process is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Creative Company Ltd and Eco-Recycle Port of Hiroshima, a Japan-based company that specialises in the treatment of solid waste and conversion …
