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, Oct 7: Residents of West Khasi Hills coal-deposit belts are aggrieved with the government for the neglect to the areas in spite of huge revenue they have been giving to the State. Referring to Rs 8-10 crore that the Borsora and Cherragoan export outlets generate each year, the Western …
The Khasi Students Union (KSU) president, Samuel Jyrwa, along with a 15-member delegation of the Union reached New Delhi on Friday for their meeting with the National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movement (NAAM). The assistant Education secretary of the Union, Lambor Starwell Marngar, while speaking to NNN on Friday evening from …
Unknown to the people of Meghalaya, the 130-day old Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) government was, at its inception, given a clear direction by the Congress High Command and the UPA government at the Centre that the contentious issue of uranium mining has to be sorted out sooner than later. …
ON AUGUST 24, the Meghalaya government decided to hand over a large parcel of land in West Khasi Hills to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited. Citizens
Shillong: The central executive committee of Garo Students' Union has apprised the Divisional Forest Officer (Territorial), West Garo Hills of the urgent need to enforce strict measures to stop illegal felling of tress and smuggling of timber in the State, particularly in Garo Hills. In a letter to the officer, …
SHILLONG: The MUA Government will hold talks with KSU on the contentious issue of UCIL's first-phase development programmes on Friday. The authorities invited KSU for the discussion on Thursday, a day after the Khasi students' body announced a series of "soft agitation" in protest against the State Government's disregard for …
SHILLONG: KHNAM has asked the government for a White Paper on the UCIL "pre-project" development programmes and the proposed uranium project in West Khasi Hills district. The Central Executive Council of KHNAM has decided to make representations to Chief Minister DD Lapang and ask him to stop the UCIL development …
Dreaded disease claims 138 lives in 2009 SHILLONG: The sudden outbreak of swine flu across the country and the ever-increasing death toll due to H1N1 infection may cause serious concern, but in Meghalaya meningitis still remains a greater threat. According to State Health Department sources, from January to September 11 …
SHILLONG, Sept 15: The West Khasi Hills Confederation of Association for Development (WKHCAD) today met Chief Minister DD Lapang demanding absolute coverage to the West Khasi Hills district in terms of development with the UCIL-earmarked money of Rs 209 crore. WKHDAC led by West Khasi Hills Students
SHILLONG, Sept 14: Opposition to the proposed uranium mining in West Khasi Hills has gained its momentum during the public rally taken out by the anti-uranium lobby spearheaded by the KSU, LYWA and HSPDP today. The rally held at Umdohlun, around 160 km from Shillong, witnessed speakers of NGOs speaking …
SHILLONG/NONGSTOIN: With just a day left for expiry of its 15-day deadline to the Congress-led MUA Government over UCIL's development programmes, KSU has geared up for a public rally at Iew Umdohlun, West Khasi Hills on Monday to protest against the authorities' reported attempt at facilitating uranium mining in the …
SHILLONG: Forest Department officials will investigate reported rampant felling of trees in West Khasi Hills and Ri-Bhoi districts for charcoal production which has posed a serious threat to the forest cover and the environment in the State. "Departmental officers would be asked to get first-hand information on rampant felling of …
SHILLONG, Sept 2: Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang said his government will not review the decision of leasing out 422 hectares of land of the State to Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) for uranium mining. A day after the Khasi Students
