Shillong: The Langrin Youth Welfare Association (LYWA) has refuted claims of the Synjuk Ki Nongshong Shnong Langrin and Warsan Lyngdoh Area that majority of the villages near the proposed uranium-mining project are supporting the project.

In a boost to the proposed uranium mining in Meghalaya, two organisations representating the villagers and land owners of the site have given the

JOWAI: Detection and subsequent deportation of illegal migrants in the State by various NGOs has been widely appreciated even as an unhappy lot of coal traders and mine owners called for immediate implementation of Inner Line Permit to solve manpower shortage, which has threaten the survival of coal industry here.

SHILLONG, Nov 11: A twenty-member team of the Synjuk Ki Nongshong Shnong of West Khasi Hills supporting uranium mining in the State met Chief Minister Dr Donkupar Roy today asking him to approve the uranium project at Kylleng Pyndeng Sohiong in the district and to unlock the doors of opportunities to the neglected areas in Meghalaya.

Shillong: About 408 families from nine villages of Khatarshnong in East Khasi Hills district benefited from the five-year project on watershed management, carried out by Soil and Water Conservation, Government of Meghalaya, according official sources.

SHILLONG: Meghalaya has no land use policy. Reckless mining and quarrying have resulted in the destruction of existing aquifers and watersheds. Despite heavy rainfall, Meghalaya faces acute water shortage especially in the winter months.

SHILLONG, Nov 4: Revival of the good old roof-top harvesting of rain water using tin-channels along the roof edges and bamboo channels from innumerable rain-fed springs to canalize water into storage tanks will be the only solution to solve the acute water crisis in rain-fed Meghalaya.

SHILLONG, Nov 4: With its support to the proposed uranium mining project at Mawthabah, twenty members of a West Khasi Hills-based NGO on Tuesday left for Jadugoda to substantiate their claims that

A government-appointed expert panel has allayed fears of health hazard expressed by individuals and organizations in Meghalaya over the proposed uranium mining project in the State.

By Sanjoy Hazarika