Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma on Monday announced that scientific mining in the state will begin in the next two months with the Centre approving the mining leases of four miners recently.
“This NPP government has been working tirelessly to resume mining in the state. So in 2019, we filed a petition in the Supreme Court after mining was banned by the National Green Tribunal. In 2019, the Supreme Court lifted the ban and asked the Centre and Meghalaya government to frame a policy for scientific mining,” Sangma said while addressing a campaign rally for elections in Sohiong Assembly constituency, where polling was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
