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 …
SHILLONG: Residents of Keating Road, Malki, Laitumkhrah and Lachuamiere areas in Shillong are facing drinking water crisis because a 12-inch-diameter feeder pipe of the British-era reservoir that can hold 50,000 litres of water was damaged when it rained incessantly in the city recently. Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh, after inspecting …
Shillong, July 3: The stench emanating from the dumping ground at Mawlai Mawiong, about 5km from here, would soon be condensed by upgrading the present recycling machine. Before entering the Scotland of the East, tourists often find themselves
The Bangladesh government has lifted the restriction on import of coal from Meghalaya this year. The Bangladesh government was to impose a ban on import of coal from Meghalaya from tomorrow. General secretary of Meghalaya International Trader
SHILLONG: Incessant rains that lashed Shillong since Tuesday night have flooded many areas in Shillong and its outskirts. Many people have been displaced as rain waters and waters of the Wahumkhrah river inundated their houses. Landslides have also been reported from different localities of Shillong and Ri-Bhoi district. The Wahumkhrah …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Transport and Urban Affairs Department has been set a deadline of 15 July, 2011 to flag off the JNNURM busses in Shillong. The JNNURM busses, according to State Transport Minister AT Mondal, will cover the greater Shillong area. The buses are under a separate cell of Meghalaya …
SHILLONG: The guardians of the northeastern skies celebrated the World Environment Day on Sunday along with its operational commitments. Personnel of the Eastern Air Command (EAC) HQ , Shillong are concerned about the effects of global warming, depletion of ozone layer, green house effect, etc on the earth. An awareness …
SHILLONG, In order to ease traffic congestion on the National Highway-40, the process for land acquisition and activities like shifting of electric posts, telecom lines etc. on the Shillong
SHILLONG, An earthquake measuring measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale rocked this Meghalaya capital on Tuesday, an official said. The tremor was felt at 8.44 am with the epicentre located 60 km from the Regional Seismological Centre in Upper Shillong, the official said. IANS
The Meghalaya government will initiate an integrated basin development and livelihood programme to uplift the lives of people who depend on rivers. Chief minister Mukul Sangma told the reporters this evening that he had sought Rs 3,000 crore during his recent meeting with Prime Minister to start the project. The …
SHILLONG, The Meghalaya Government is planning to implement a Rs 3,000-crore project to improve the living conditions of the people of rural areas. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said,
Shillong, March 22: A CAG report has rapped the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited for not initiating any steps to protect the Umiam reservoir which feeds five downstream hydropower plants of the corporation. The reservoir covers an area of 10 square km and serves as a recreational spot for tourists with …
Shillong: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed that there has been a shortfall in the achievement of targets under most of the flagship programmes in Meghalaya while one project was still incomplete even after 24 years. According to the report, the shortfall ranged between 41 per cent …
A United States-based company, Azure Power, has proposed to set up a solar plant in Meghalaya with one time investment of Rs 150 crore to generate 10 megawatt of solar energy. The US-based solar power producer firm having its international headquarters at California and its headquarters in India at New …
Cancer patients in need of radiation are being turned away from the Shillong Civil Hospital, the only place in the entire Meghalaya that offers radio-therapy, after a national regulatory board found both physicists working at the hospital wanting in necessary certification. Any medical physicist wishing to work as a radiologist …
SHILLONG, Feb 2: Scientists have stressed the need for conservation of wetlands for a balanced ecosystem in the biodiversity-rich Northeast. The atlas of Northeast India released by the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) at Barapani near Shillong today revealed that the biodiversity of the region accounts for almost 5 …
