Overview
- The committee’s 33rd interim report demands demolition within a week of 33 coke oven plants, including 16 in East Jaintia Hills and 17 in West Khasi Hills.
- It cites a November 25, 2024 Supreme Court order on non-compliant units and notes the state has not reported any demolition to date.
- MSPCB is directed to conduct inspections every three months, with the MSPCB and the Mining and Geology Department to file recurring action-taken reports.
- The panel calls for immediate FIRs against 21 persons whose claimed coal extractions were not found on site, invoking the MMDR Act, 1957.
- The state is told to recover Rs 530.59 lakh from 15 plants and Rs 1.71 crore from M/S Sakambari Ferro Alloy Pvt. Ltd., transfer 920.73 MT of seized coal to a CIL depot at Nongjri, and complete physical checks of aerially identified dumps by end-December.