The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday will hear on what steps the state government has taken based on its order to ban rat hole mining besides steps taken to regulate mining activities in the

Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) Peter James Pyngrope Hanaman has asserted that the state police would implement in letter and spirit the order of National Green Tribunal banning rat hole

JOWAI: The West Jaintia Hills district administration has imposed a ban on rat hole mining and transport of coal from the district following the order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in this regar

State pollution control board to inspect cement plants in Jaintia Hills

SHILLONG: The State Government will not shy away from taking drastic action against those cement plants operating in Jaintia Hills which fail to conform to the various environmental norms.

The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) has been ordered by the state government to conduct a “spot–inspection” on all the cement factories in the East Jaintia Hills District for allege

The State Government has reiterated that it would appeal against the NGT’s ban on rat hole mining in the State.

Chief Minister Mukul Sangma gave this indication when a joint delegation of the MLAs from Jaintia Hills and members of Jaintia Hills Coal Miners’ and Dealers’ Association (JHCM&DA) met him here on Monday.

Shillong, April 23: After the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) interim order to ban rat hole mining in Meghalaya, has raised another dormant question, which is, will the government work towards impl

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Government faces a daunting task streamlining mining activities in the wake of the interim order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning rat hole mining in Jaintia Hill

Taking serious note of unabated illegal mining in Meghalaya, especially in the Jaintia Hills, the National Green Tribunal has directed the State Government to take appropriate measures to stop rat-

As per a latest order coming in from the National Green Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi, the Chief Secretary of the Government of Meghalaya and the Director General of Police for Meghalaya stat

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