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 …
The Cantonment Board, Shillong has undertaken a project on its own with confiscated plastic recovered from various shops to construct a molten plastic liquid tar road in a stretch of four km. The move came close on the heels of John F Kharshiing, co-chairman of the Meghalaya State Planning Board …
Shillong, Sept. 28: The high-level committee constituted to reappraise the status of land under the utilisation of cement factories in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district has been asked to submit its report within November. On March 2, the state government instituted the committee first headed by the state principal chief conservator …
SHILLONG: “The lessee has been authorized to file an FIR under section 33 of the Police Act against anyone found leaving their waste materials in the stand,” said Ampareen Lyngdoh, the State Urban Minister during the inspection at the parking lot at Khlieh Iew on Monday. Following the complaint by …
Shillong, Sept. 19: Last evening’s quake in Sikkim and Bengal also shook Jaintia Hills not just with tangible tremors but with fears of what an earthquake of higher magnitude could do to its roads and buildings, weakened as they are by rat hole mining. In the coal belt, where unscientific …
SHILLONG: Together with the rest of the world, the International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed in Tura today with day-long programmes, including tree plantations and various competitions for students. To mark the occasion, the Social Forestry Division, Tura, in collaboration with the Integrated People for Tourism and …
SHILLONG: Members of the Opposition bench on Thursday raised questions over the quality of water being supplied by the PHE department. Raising the issue on Thursday during Question Hour, Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri lamented that water supplied by the PHE department is not fit for consumption. “Anyone who has access …
SHILLONG: The Meghal-aya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) has urged the rangbah shnongs to have a clear perspective of the waste management proposal forwarded by any hospital before issuing NOC to it. Participating in a day-long workshop on “Bio-Medical Waste Management and Mercury Phase-out from the Healthcare Sector in Meghalaya”, …
SHILLONG: Garbage strewn all over the city has started to show up in a new way in recent times. Though the Urban Affairs Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh has promised to look into the garbage menace and had earlier rid the city from few ugly dustbins it has been backbitten by many. …
Shillong, Sep 9 (IANS): Meghalaya has lost 41 acres of land as India and Bangladesh have demarcated their boundaries but the overall agreement will only bring "goodwill and prosperity" to both countries, said Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Friday. Sangma was part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's entourage to …
SHILLONG: The State Government has decided to be more vigilant on the use of plastic bags to safeguard the greenery of the hilly state. Urban Affairs minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh on Tuesday convened a meeting with officials of the Shillong Municipal Board, Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board, district administration and police …
SHILLONG: The JNNURM buses that ply in the Shillong city have even impressed the Leader of opposition, Conrad Sangma to whom the buses have given a new face to the people of the city. The 40 JNNURM bus project has been appreciated from all sections as commuters now no longer …
SILCHAR : Tripura was a princely state during the British-raj and gateway to Shillong and Calcutta through Sylhet and Commilla, now in Bangladesh. Tripura was annexed to India in 1949. During the pre-independent days, the Maharaja of Tripura did not permit the Britishers to open tea gardens in Tripura. JC …
SHILLONG: The inability of the State Government to conduct Municipal elections in the State has hit the overall implementation of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) (Phase III) under the JNNURM after the Central Government decided to cut the 2nd installment of fund to the State by 10 per …
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation today said the memorandum of agreement with Assam would be signed once the power allocation is finally agreed upon as the state is asking for more from the Lower Subansiri project. “The memorandum of agreement will be signed once the power allocation …
SHILLONG: The State Government’s failure to live up with the committed urban developmental reforms underlined by the Union Ministry of Urban Development has had its impact on the centrally funded third phase of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS). The third phase of the GSWSS was earmarked at Rs …
SHILLONG: Seventeen towns and cities have been chosen as benificiaries under the Rajiv Awas Yojna. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a slum-free India, a new scheme called ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’(RAY) was launched on June 2 this year, which is expected to cover about 250 cities across the …
NEW DELHI: Shillong township, which is bursting at the seams, will now get a much needed relief, with the Centre agreeing to assist in the development of the new township at an estimated cost of over one thousand crore rupees. The Centre has given the go ahead for construction of …
SHILLONG: The introduction of a fleet of forty new buses in Greater Shillong has ensured that the commuters need not wait for transportation. The Barik Point, the heart of the city, is now found to be deserted. The State transport authorities have requested all passengers and commuters of SPTS buses …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Parait today said bamboo resources should be used as a means of livelihood and improvement of rural economy. Parait said that rural population, bamboo resources and industrial units were correlated for economic development. Addressing the valedictory function at the ten-day workshop on Bamboo Structure and …
SHILLONG: The Indian Institute of Management, Shillong has once again proved that it aims to create world class management professionals who are concerned over the environment and society. Inspired by IIM Shillong Director Prof. AK Dutta, members of the ECoBiZ Club have come up with a noble initiative. The students …
