Due to the traffic disruption, authorities from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ri Bhoi Police from the Nongpoh Traffic Branch promptly arrived at the scene. They worked immediately to clear the fallen trees and soil that had covered the road.
The Hoolock Gibbons, currently being kept at a rescue centre in Garo Hills, will soon be relocated to Meghalaya State Zoo at Umtrew in Ri Bhoi District.
In a bid to develop Lum Wortoh (Wortoh Peak) in the sacred forest of Raid Nongpoh into a prime tourist destination in the Ri Bhoi District, social activist and local youth Jonh Rymbai has proposed the creation of a prayer center at the site.
A fire-prone analysis in Meghalaya reveals that Ri Bhoi district has the maximum area under extreme fire i.e. 50% (1,068.72 sqkm) of the total forest cover of the district.
A mother of three children on Thursday began her indefinite hunger strike in front of the Secretariat demanding immediate construction of the Nongpoh-Umden-Sonapur road.
Three kidnapping victims from Meghalaya Ri Bhoi managed to escape from their captors, who had demanded ₹7 lakh for their release. The incident occurred on the evening of June 4 in Assam.
A three-year-old child died on Wednesday after being treated for a couple of days, while his whole family is in critical condition after consuming poisonous mushrooms in Ri Bhoi.
