The issue of illegal mining in India was raised multiple times in the Parliament, and both the UPA and NDA answered them, yet Meghalaya doesn’t feature anywhere in their responses Illegal mining is like slavery. It was pushed into the limelight when Congress which ruled at the Centre encouraged investigations by the CBI and the Lok Ayukata into illegal mining …
In a harsh indictment of ‘civil society’, the Meghalaya High Court dismissed a petition filed by an NGO, Shella Action Committee, against cement major LafargeHolcim deeming it was “totally without merit” and “tainted with ill design”. The Court had observed that the company had taken the consent of the custodians of the land, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and …
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