Alleging serious environmental degradation in East Jaintia Hills, the Khasi Students’ Union South West Border Circle has petitioned the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board to act against suspected pollution in the Wah Prang River.
The Justice BP Katakey Committee has recommended the constitution of a High Level Monitoring Committee to oversee implementation of projects and utilisation of over Rs 465 crore available for environmental restoration and mitigation of damage from illegal coal mining in Meghalaya.
In a push to institutionalise community-driven environmental action, Meghalaya Minister Sosthenes Sohtun on May 1 formally launched the Green Force Patharkhmah, a structured volunteer-based clean-up initiative in Ri-Bhoi district.
In a decisive push to make New Shillong a climate-resilient city, the Meghalaya government has launched an ambitious avenue plantation project aimed at transforming the upcoming township into one of the region’s greenest urban centres.
When the people of Nongpyrdi — a quiet village tucked deep inside Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills — began to notice their once-dependable river shrinking, they didn’t wait for outside help. Instead, they turned to a solution rooted in their land, their knowledge, and their collective will: planting banana trees to bring the water back.
SHILLONG, OCT 30: A delegation of tourism societies from the Darrang area on Thursday met Deputy Chief Minister in-charge PWD (Roads) Prestone Tynsong requesting...
Speaking to reporters, UDP general secretary Titosstarwell Chyne said his party is against the office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change because it undermines the rights of the people to express their opinions through public hearings, particularly regarding uranium mining.
