He said the state have been engaged in this form of mining for last 200 years and livelihood is based around that and unless and until alternate forms of livelihood don’t come up people will keep going back to those activities.
This deliberation comes at a time when the Sate Government plans to launch the Chief Minister’s Solar Mission in July at an estimate cost of Rs 100 crores.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday congratulated the state police department on their great work. He also urged the Police department to continue their work to control and end the menace of drug abuse in the State.