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Committee on Environment likely to summon Defence and Cantonment for polluting Umshyrpi River.

Members of the Hynniewtrep National Youth Front (HNYF) Mylliem circle today submitted a memorandum to S.K Sun the Chairman of Committee on Environment of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly seeking his intervention in the dumping of garbage’s in the Umshyrpi River.

The Union alleged that garbage’s are being dumped by the arm forces and resident of cantonment area Umshyrpi. The union demand strict action from the Chairman of Committee on Environment of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly in order to save the Umshyrpi River.

Meanwhil the Chairman of Committee on Environment of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly S.K Sun said that he will write to CEO of Cantonment Board to conduct and inspection of the Umshyrpi and Elephant Falls regarding the dumping of garbage in the areas. The Committee on 27^th February 2020 will also summon the officials from the defence, cantonment and members of the HNYF and the villagers in order to study regarding the dumping of garbage in the area.

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MeECL want government to start paying terminal liabilities of 3000 plus permanent employees

The MeECL Joint Action Committee has requested the State Government to start the payment of the terminal liabilities of the 3000 plus permanent employees amounting to Rs 840 crore as on March 31, 2010.

“We have requested the State Government to start the payment of the terminal liabilities from April, 2020,” MeECL Joint Action Committee, T.R. Pdah added. According to the JAC the State Government will face more crises if they further delay payment of the terminal liabilities of the retired employees.

According to him, the State Government will face more crises if they further delay payment of the terminal liabilities of the retired employees.

He said that the Government had assured to look after the permanent employees who were appointed before the corporatization of the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB) on April 01, 2010.T.R. Pdah also said that in the MOU, the Government has assured to provide terminal liabilities to all the permanent employees. We have been assured that the service conditions will be more or less equal as it was before the corporatization of the board.

Informing that the Chief Minister had not given any assurance, he said that he will get back to them after convening the meeting of the senior officials of the Finance and other concern departments.

Meanwhile, MeECL JAC general secretary, Arju Dkhar said that the MeECL has already spent an amount of Rs 570 crore from its own generated revenue to pay the terminal liabilities of the employees from April 1 2010 upto March 2019.

“We could have been able to utilize the funds for other purposes if the Government had released the payment of terminal liabilities to the employees. This is also one of the major factors which contribute to the present financial crisis of the MeECL,” Dkhar said.Meanwhile, he said that the actual evaluation was done on March 2010 adding that if the evaluation is being done now then it would have touch around Rs 2000 crores.

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The institute has been a hotspot for student activists from the very beginning. Recently, after the hike in fee rates, these activists have taken in-charge of running the university. These ‘students’ have been seen locking doors and holding their professors’ hostage for hours on end. They have even been seen defacing the buildings of the university and it is because of this turmoil the university administration had to post-pone various examination dates as well as registration dates for the new semester. They had to resort to creating an online registration website for the safety and well-being of the students and Behold over 5400 students registered online for the winter semester which is a clear indication that only a small percentage of students have an issue with the fee hike. So let us begin by examining the facts.

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Meghalaya High Court seek report on primary School

The Meghalaya High Court led by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq has sought report on the number of schools that have been taken over by the state government and the financial burden on the state exchequer for the different categories. The order was passed following a petition filed by Thomy R Marak here on Tuesday.

The state respondents have been directed to file affidavit before the next hearing fixed to be held on March 16.

It also enquired about the total number of primary schools and junior basic schools as separate entities, in the schools taken over, indicating separately the number of teachers serving there.

In the order, the court wanted to know as to how many schools have been been taken over by the state, which according to them were covered by the District Council lower primary school and the total number of teacher working with them.

The state respondents were also asked to indicate separately the total number of pre-primary schools functioning independently and those which are part of the schools taken over and the number of teachers working with each of them.

The court further maintained that the statement would also specify as to what is the total financial burden on the state exchequer in all the categories separately, including that of the pre-primary section, if they are taken over.