Shillong, Dec 5: Illegal coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya are continuing despite appointment of a one-man committee by the High Court to monitor the situation and the assurance given by the State Government to check such activities.

In his 34th interim report, Brojendra Prasad Katakey, a former judge of the Gauhati High Court, has reiterated that illegal mining of coal and its transportation are continuing. He has directed the authorities concerned to intensify patrolling where such illegal activities are taking place.

“Illegal coal mining activities in East Jaintia Hills District are most, which is also presently going on,” the report said, while directing the authorities “to increase the patrolling of those identified areas on a regular basis”.

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