Cabinet approves Meghalaya Mineral (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation Storage) Rules, 2022

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 15, 2022

The state Cabinet on Tuesday approved The Meghalaya Mineral (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation Storage) Rules, 2022.

Addressing media persons after the meeting, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said the rules have been mandated as per Section 23 (C) of the MMDR Act, for checking transportation and issuance of transport challan, regulate the storage of minerals and to monitor the illegal transportation.

He said though the mandate was there, the rules were never there in the government of Meghalaya for the past 30-40 years since the MMDR Act came out.

Based on this, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had then made provisions on their own to monitor the movement of the trucks, storage of the minerals and transportation challans, he said adding that NGT had made an observation that the government of Meghalaya should come out with the rules at the earliest.

“(Accordingly), we are following the orders (of the NGT by coming up with the rules to regulate the issuance of transport challan, storage of minerals and monitor illegal transportation,” he added.