SHILLONG: The State Government is targeting to complete the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for tackling the flood problem faced by localities close to the Wahumkhrah River within March.

“We want the DPR to be ready by March as it will allow the State Government to approach the Centre for allocation of funds for the flood management programme,” State Water Resources Minister AL Hek told reporters on Wednesday. While informing that the Government is intending to construct checks dams right from Umkaliar River upto Mawlai Bridge, Hek said that they are also planning to construct proper drains on the small streams which lead to Wahumkhrah.

SHILLONG: The bird flu in East Garo Hills is officially confirmed, revealed the Deputy Commissioner of East Garo Hills, Pravin Bakshi citing the fax message from the sophisticated government run la

It is a known fact that Meghalaya faces perennial shortage of milk. But now official reports have confirmed a worse fear — there is rampant adulteration in this vital drink in the State.

In its first-ever national survey on milk adulteration, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found that of the total 1,791 samples tested throughout the country including Meghalaya, at least over 68 per cent i.e. 1,226 samples were either diluted with water or mixed with harmful detergent.

SHILLONG: The North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) and the Meghalaya Forest Department are working to complete the ‘land use map’ for the State so that lands that are used for different purposes can be examined scientifically to ensure its maximum utility.

Land is a very precious and now very scarce resource that has to be used for getting maximum benefits for agriculture purposes, growing forests, mining, installing industries and for construction of houses, roads.

SHILLONG: The government of Meghalaya is making efforts to overcome the problems of disposal of garbage.

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Right to Information Movement (MRTIM) would be holding a public hearing on the RTI findings relating to the activities of the cement plants based in Jaintia Hills district a

SHILLONG: While admitting that the issue of alleged encroachment of the cement plants in Jaintia Hills into the forest areas is a serious matter, Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong sa

Around 2,000 poultry birds have died in the past few weeks on a farm in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, fuelling fears of bird flu, even as a general alert was sounded in the area, officials

In a shocking disclosure it has been revealed that the country’s forest cover is decreasing and the maximum loss is being reported from the Northeastern states including Meghalaya once considered t

SHILLONG: The Leader of Opposition in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly demanded the State Government to close all the cement plants operating illegally in Jaintia Hills district, which have violated the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

Speaking to reporters in Shillong on Friday, Conrad Sangma said, “The high level committee of the government has found that most of the cement factories in Jaintia Hills are set up in the middle of the forest”.