Illegal stone quarries destroying hills, forest cover
The residents allege that several people of the area received multiple splinter injuries during the frequent gelatin blasts carried out by these stone quarries to smash the hard rocks
GUWAHATI: The setting up of illegal stone quarries along the ‘disputed’ stretch of the Assam-Meghalaya border has resulted in large-scale cutting of hills and wanton deforestation in the inter-State border areas located in the Assam side.
Publication Date:
24/09/2012