Overview
- The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board issued a Section 5 directive requiring immediate removal of construction and demolition waste from the Umngot.
- Inspectors documented unstable fills near the Pynursla–Dawki Bridge and hill-cutting debris at the new bridge site sliding toward the river.
- Water samples were collected for laboratory analysis, and contractors were told to obtain Consent to Establish and Operate within 15 days, comply with the Stone Crusher Order, and submit an action-taken report.
- NHIDCL says it is using bench-cutting, precautionary barriers, and periodic debris clearing, and it has sought reports from contractors on mitigation steps.
- The JICA-funded NH-40 widening faces mounting pressure as tourism groups and Shillong MP Ricky Syngkon call for inquiry and stronger oversight due to livelihood losses from persistent turbidity.