Meghalaya's Umngot River Turns Brown, MP Urges Centre's Intervention

Meghalaya's Umngot River Turns Brown, MP Urges Centre's Intervention

Meghalaya MP Ricky J Syngkon has written to the Centre seeking immediate intervention over what he described as "severe environmental degradation" of the Umngot River in West Jaintia Hills.

Shillong MP urges Centre to protect Umngot river

Shillong, Oct 29: VPP MP from Shillong Ricky AJ Syngkon has sought the intervention of Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav regarding the  environmental degradation of the Umngot river, also known as the Dawki river,  due to the Shillong-Tamabil road expansion project. Syngkon said the project, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (J…