PETA has approached the Central Zoo of Authority about the transfer of animals and birds from the Lady Hydari Park, Shillong as requested by the State Government, while stating that it cannot keep the inmates on its own.

Talking to The Shillong Times, PETA India's Chief Functionary Anuradha Sawhney appreciated the offer of the Forest Department to transfer the animals.

SHILLONG: The government slogan that "Let's Make Meghalaya Clean and Green" may end up being an empty rhetoric if urgent steps are not taken to deal with the problem of thermocole pieces or styrofoam dumped by fish-loaded Shillong-bound trucks on the National Highway 40. Mounds of this non-biodegradable pollutant seen on various stretches of highway are not just an eyesore to tourists visiting Meghalaya. They are a potential threat to the environment and human health as well.

VPTS provided to ne villages

SHILLONG, Aug 28

Shillong: The ambitious housing project of the State Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for urban poor people of the city will be completed within 18 months.

The two-phase housing project estimated at Rs 30.44 crore has been handed over to Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) for execution and the housing units will be constructed in a nine-acre area at Lumphira in Nongmynsong on the city outskirts to accommodate 600 families.

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Shillong: The Centre has approved the Rs 193.49-crore project under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to complete the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme, bringing a hope for the city to ease the present water crisis.

Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under JNNURM on Tuesday gave its approval to the detailed project report (DPR) on the Scheme. Principal Secretary of Urban Affairs Anoop Thakur and Commissioner Secretary PHE AK Bhalla represented the State in the meeting in New Delhi.

Shillong: With climate changes being felt in the 'Scotland of the East' and the world in general, the urgency to sensitise people, particularly the students, about global warming and adopt measures to address climate change was emphasised by many conscientious citizens.

A step towards this goal was the screening of a documentary -- An Inconvenient Truth -- which was initiated by former US Vice-President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, which speaks about the threats of global warming to mankind and the earth, at the Soso Tham Auditorium here.

SHILLONG, July 31

It's argued that deforestation has made climate change worse. The town of Cherrapunjee, in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, is reputed to be the wettest place in the world. But there are signs that its weather patterns may be being hit by global climate change.

SHILLONG: It takes a big jolt to shake citizens out of their complacency. But repeated tremors in the past two days have put people on notice. The tremor that shook Shillong at dawn on Monday was serious enough to make the authorities of a local school do an earthquake drill. Children were asked to take shelter under the table and told that was what they should do in case an earthquake strikes.

As per data received from Upper Shillong Central Seismological Observatory (CSO), in the last nine years, from 2000 to 2008, as many as 187 tremors have shaken Shillong city.