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, May 4: State Chief Minister Mukul Sangma distributed agro-service machinery to 28 beneficiaries from Betasing and Zikzak Blocks under BRGF scheme at a function at the Ampati Mini Stadium in Garo Hills yesterday. Power-tillers, water pumps, SRI markers, weeders, etc were given to joint liability groups. Each set cost …
SHILLONG: The State Government on Tuesday allayed the concern of NGOs and people of Garo Hills over the Centre's move to go for exploratory mining for uranium in Balpakram National Park (BNP) saying that "nothing will be done which hurts the people's sentiment." Giving a strong hint that the State …
NEW DELHI: The Centre has urged the Meghalaya Government to renew the mining lease of Simsang Block in Garo Hills with the Coal India Ltd (CIL) to meet the demand of coal for power sector in the north-eastern region particularly the proposed coal-to-oil liquefaction project of OIL at Duliajan. The …
TURA: The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has warned the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State from going ahead with exploratory work for uranium mining in and around the famous Balpakram National Park (BNP). Publicity secretary of GNLA, Gilsang Matgrik Marak alias Aski, …
The National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) has decided to conduct a site inspection in response to the proposal from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of 8 sq km at Rongcheng Plateau in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya for exploratory uranium mining even as protests have …
TURA: Appreciating the efforts of NGOs for relentlessly fighting against deforestation in Garo Hills and giving a boost to conservation, the Supreme Court
TURA: Large scale felling of trees from reserve forests of Garo Hills continues to take place even as the Forest Department personnel face a challenge from timber smugglers in their fight to contain this menace. On Monday night forest officials intercepted three truckload of timber illegally felled from reserve forests …
When the well-armed and counter-insurgency trained personnel of the 2nd Meghalaya Police Battalion, located at Goeragre, 10 kms from Tura, are not chasing militants in Garo Hills, they can surely be found replacing their guns for garden tools inside their complex busy in the cultivation of strawberries which has become …
As part of its initiative under the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), India has chalked out an 11-point goal to achieve the 2010 bio-diversity targets. Protection of world-famous one-horned rhino is set out as one of the goals. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest …
On a global scale, the existing Sacred Groves (SGs) follow ancestral worship on conservation in forest patches. SGs are distributed over a wide ecosystem and help in conservation of rare and endemic species. Well preserved SGs are store houses of biological, ecological, medicinal, ethno-cultural and religious values. During November 2006 …
With a recent spurt of illegal and unscientific coal mining activities in Garo Hills in Meghalaya is jeopardizing ecological balance and in this regard the Indigenous People for Tourism and Conservation (IPTAC) has taken upon its shoulders the responsibility to spread awareness to the masses of Garo Hills about unscientific …
TURA: The vast resources of raw bamboos found abundantly in the Garo Hills region is expected to transform the economy of the region, particularly the farmers, once it is converted into finished products. The North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORP) in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC) …
The large- scale movement of migrant labour into Garo Hills for employment in the coal and limestone mines and frequent travellers to and from Guwahati-Shillong-Tura have rung the alarm bells for medical experts who believe Garo Hills could also face an outbreak of swine flu. In view of the Swine …
TURA: At a time when the forest cover in Garo Hills is disappearing at a phenomenal pace resulting in drastic climatic changes, tree felling has been going on. A large track of forest land at Mikgesi village in Tebronggre area of Rongram, near Tura, is being cleared and timber laden …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya has recorded 12,726 malaria cases, most of them from Garo Hills, in the first half of 2009, a two-fold increase compared with last year. Though 20 people have died of the disease this year, there is concern that the malaria situation may worsen in the next six months. …
