An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the North East region around 2.32 pm today. The intensity of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale, said sources in the Central Seismological Observatory, Shillong.
The Meghalaya Government would soon sign an agreement with a UK-based charitable trust after which two vans would crisscross Meghalaya to help early detection and diagnosis of cancer.
SHILLONG, Nov 26: The politics surrounding the third phase of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) has eventually been cleared after the Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) Government assigned the Public Health Engineering (PHE) to allocate the construction work of the mega project funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewable Mission (JNURM).
The Draft Meghalaya Mining Policy proposed to be implemented by the State Government has been opposed by several NGOs expressing that the policy has certain loopholes which required thorough debate.
On Saturday, concerned land owners and land lessees under the banner of the Joint Forum on the Draft Mining Policy (DMP) met at the State Central Library to discuss the issue.
SHILLONG: Sohra is all set to become the eco-tourism and crop production centre with Isreali assistance. The State Government is making all out efforts to restore the beauty and greenery of Sohra which is famed for receiving the highest rainfall in the world.
SHILLONG: The level of air pollution where people smoke in hospitality sites in Shillong is 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guideline.
This has been revealed in a survey on Air Quality Monitoring conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) at the initiative of the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI).
