Shillong, May 2: The state government will soon start the process of land reclamation in mining areas across the state.

A meeting in this regard was chaired by the chief minister Conrad K Sangma with the officials of the forest and mining departments and representatives of the Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) here on Tuesday.

Productive meeting with officials of @cmpdil, Forest and Mining Departments to work towards implementing plans for mine reclamation. @JoshiPralhad @MinesMinIndia pic.twitter.com/whFQH2Rtbk

— Conrad K Sangma (@SangmaConrad) May 2, 2023

After the meeting, Sangma said, “This was a meeting that was held between CMPDI and department of forest and mining and the main objective is to work towards a plan for the reclamation of the mines whether it is minor minerals or major minerals.”

Stating that there is a fund available with the government for reclamation of the mines, the chief minister said, “Hence, this is a process which we want to start and we have been engaging with many agencies but now CMPDI which is a very experienced agency and a government of India agency with vast experience in all these aspects.”

“We had a detailed meeting with them and we are working towards on how we should move forward for this entire issue of land reclamation,” he added.