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 …
JOWAI: Minister in charge Public Health Engineering Department, Prestone Tynsong unveiled the foundation stone laid down for starting up the Greater Raliang Water Supply Scheme that was centrally-sponsored by the Ministry of Development of North-East Region (DoNER) amounting to Rs 21.26 crore at Raliang village in Jaintia Hills District on …
JOWAI: The slow progress in the construction of several water supply schemes in Jaintia Hills has deeply concerned the residents of the area. The construction of several major water supply schemes in Jaintia Hills including Wahiajer Water Supply Scheme, Shangpung Water Supply Scheme, Rymbai Water Supply Scheme, Mynso Water Supply …
The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills region, with its unique landscape, climatic phenomenon of heavy cloud cover and torrential rainfall, and agricultural richness involving the majority of the population, has been proposed as another National Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site based on six indices. The region is very rich in floristic …
JOWAI: Several houses at Umlong village under Khliehriat subdivision were damaged after they were hit by hailstorms at several places in the last two days. Villagers informed that hailstones, some as big as cups and glasses hit the villages and damaged several house particularly those with tin roofs. Hail and …
JOWAI: The Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) has threatened to shut down all cements factories in Jaintia Hills for their alleged deprivation of the local people of reservation in jobs, supply work and other services. Hundreds of FKJGP activists on Tuesday paid surprise visits to all cements …
JOWAI: Cattle smuggling is rampant along the Meghalaya- Bangladesh border. Hundreds of cattle -heads are smuggled to Bangladesh via Kuliang, Dona, Umkiang and Ratacherra villages daily and the illegal business is a cause of serious concern for BSF personnel in the area. Most locals residing along the border are involved …
SHILLONG: Amrit Cements Industries Limited located at Jaintia Hills District has been accused of violating the Forest Conservation Act at Umlaper village. In a memorandum submitted to the Regional Chief Conservator of Forest here on Tuesday, the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP), Jaintia Hills District unit has …
JOWAI: The tussle over ownership of a plot of forest land located at Mynthning village in Jaintia Hills has continued between the Dorbar Shnong Mynthning and Durbar Shnong Samasi. According to village elders of Mynthning village a group of people on Saturday had gone to the forest area called Khlaw …
JOWAI: The Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner has declared Jowai town as a "free plastic zone" under the Total Sanitation Campaign. The declaration was made on Thursday, on the occasion of the 38th Statehood day. In its endeavour to make Jowai town a free plastic zone, the District Administration has announced …
Mining Policy too late to save Jaintia Hills rivers By HH Mohrmen SHILLONG: In 1957, David Lean made the famous movie The Bridge on the River Kwai a British World War II film based on the emergency construction of a railway bridge for war purposes in Burma. Jaintia Hills has …
JOWAI: The Executive Committee (EC) of the Jaintia Hill Autonomous District Council (JHADC) has decided to take strong action against 30 individuals mostly coal businessmen who had encroached into the forest land of the District Council called Kya-Chitang located at Soo-kilo under Sutnga Elaka in Jaintia Hills District. These individuals …
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 …
Unscientific coal mining in Jaintia Hills has claimed a victim, affecting functioning of Kopili Hydel Project, by discharging dangerous toxic waste from the mines and acidifying the project
SHILLONG: The East Jaintia Coal Miners and Owners Association (EJCMOA) has demanded redrafting of mining policy as the present policy contains a number of loopholes. In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Chief Minister BM Lanong on Tuesday, the EJCMOA said the mining policy was formulated keeping in mind the …
SHILLONG: The State Government has blamed the cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills for contamination of Lukha river water. "I am fully aware that the pollution of the river are due to the extensive coal mining and the increasing number of cement plants coming up in the district," Chief Minister …
