a striking environmental phenomenon has been noticed in Meghalaya’s Mawmluh Cave, where pollutants such as cloth, plastic, and aluminium items have undergone calcification, integrating into the cave’s geological features. This phenomenon highlights the unintended consequences of pollution in a globally significant geological site.

Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma recently said awareness would be raised about the ‘Meghalyan Age’, the age that has witnessed the maximum destruction of nature through human interference.