Facing rampant mining in the state, Meghalaya government said on Wednesday said that while sand mining would not be banned, it would put in place regulations and provide alternative options for sus

Four miners have died of suffocation inside hazardous rat-hole coal pits in a remote mining area near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills district and another was crush

"You come out with the truth or we will dig it out," the National Green Tribunal today warned the Meghalaya government after it stated that 15 persons, who were allegedly trapped inside a coal mine

Meghalaya is only state in the country which records the highest density of elephant per square area.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Threat to Life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District
Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 12/09/2013.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Threat to Life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District
Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 12/09/2013.

National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed Meghalaya government to furnish the reports of the National Disaster Response Force and the FIR registered regarding a July 2012 mining accident that al

SHILLONG: Around 64.4 per cent of the children in the state are suffering from malnutrition while 47.2 per cent of the women are anaemic.

With mining being the largest industry of Meghalaya, exploitation of mineral resources are underway in the State overlooking laid norms and sand mining is one such example.

If the Green tribunal’s decision to ban sand mining can prevail over the peculiar land tenure system in Meghalaya, the threat to the water reservoirs in the state can be effectively safeguard.

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