GUWAHATI: Congress legislator and previous minister Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh stated on Monday that had the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) executive within the state not been in a denial mode, the tragic incident of 15 miners getting trapped within the Ksan space of the East Jaintia Hills, shouldn't have happened. The December 13 incident when 15 employees in a rat-hole mine went lacking, has once again turned the spotlight at the query of illegal mining within the state and its impact at the ecology.
“There used to be no mechanism in position to test the criminal activity because the executive used to be in a denial mode from the beginning. Those concerned within the operations had been thus led to believe the federal government used to be not monitoring them. They thought the federal government would not take any motion in opposition to them,” she told TOI.
Lyngdoh stated for the reason that 6th agenda status provides the folks of Meghalaya the appropriate over their sources, there needs to be an environment-friendly policy for extraction. “There is confusion nonetheless within the minds of the folks referring to mining. On the only hand there may be the issue of livelihood strengthen and at the different the impact at the surroundings. This executive came to power with a promise of clearing the confusion and finding a way out. But this hasn’t took place yet,” Lyngdoh stressed.
She stated the National Green Tribunal ban in 2014 used to be to forestall the destructive and illegal approach coal used to be being extracted at the cost of the environment. “The NGT order stated we can't mine the way in which it is being performed presently. There needs to be a middle trail. Unfortunately, we do not have a transparent thought on how you can cope with the issue,” she stated.
Addressing the query why the Congress executive did not do anything else in this regard, she stated when the NGT order used to be handed in 2014, the Congress executive used to be within the process of taking measures to find a answer. But what is stopping the existing executive from addressing the issue now, she questioned.
“There used to be no mechanism in position to test the criminal activity because the executive used to be in a denial mode from the beginning. Those concerned within the operations had been thus led to believe the federal government used to be not monitoring them. They thought the federal government would not take any motion in opposition to them,” she told TOI.
Lyngdoh stated for the reason that 6th agenda status provides the folks of Meghalaya the appropriate over their sources, there needs to be an environment-friendly policy for extraction. “There is confusion nonetheless within the minds of the folks referring to mining. On the only hand there may be the issue of livelihood strengthen and at the different the impact at the surroundings. This executive came to power with a promise of clearing the confusion and finding a way out. But this hasn’t took place yet,” Lyngdoh stressed.
She stated the National Green Tribunal ban in 2014 used to be to forestall the destructive and illegal approach coal used to be being extracted at the cost of the environment. “The NGT order stated we can't mine the way in which it is being performed presently. There needs to be a middle trail. Unfortunately, we do not have a transparent thought on how you can cope with the issue,” she stated.
Addressing the query why the Congress executive did not do anything else in this regard, she stated when the NGT order used to be handed in 2014, the Congress executive used to be within the process of taking measures to find a answer. But what is stopping the existing executive from addressing the issue now, she questioned.
Government not monitoring mines, says Ampareen
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