Mothers Rise Against Illegal Sand Mining in Dudhnoi River Along Assam-Meghalaya Border
First Published: 2nd November, 2024 20:06 IST
Mothers came out today to register their strong protest against illegal sand mining in Dudhnoi river known as Manda in Meghalaya.
Mothers came out today to register their strong protest against illegal sand mining in Dudhnoi river known as Manda in Meghalaya. The Mothers’ Union of Assam and Meghalaya Border under the chairperson Soma Marak organized a meeting today to firm up a plan to put a stop to illegal sand mining from the river that is threatening the lives of people in the area in both Assam and Meghalaya, their crop and their homes.
Leaders from Garo Students Union, Assam State Zone, Garo Women Council, All Bodo Students Union, Garo Gaon Burha Association and other organizations from both Assam and Meghalaya took part in the meeting.
Dhiraj Basumatary, adviser of ABSU’s Goalpara unit urged all to join hands in the fight against illegal coal mining from the Dudhnoi (Manda) River, to save aquatic life and people’s lives and property from erosion.
He alleged that hundreds of over loaded trucks are transporting illegal sand towards Guwahati while the police and forest officials are looking the other way. He said police and forest officials are allowing these sand-laden trucks to pass through in lieu of some petty cash.
GSU Assam State Zone President Folding R Marak said that if people of the area come together and strongly protest, than government will be forced to stop the illegal sand mining. They said that illegal sand mining was taking place in the Boko River too. But due to the people’s strong protest it stopped.
Marak said that because Nokmakundi and nearby villages are already facing erosion and lack of water for cultivation even in the rainy seasons because of illegal sand mining.
The first joint public complaint regarding extraction of huge illegal sand mining at Nokmakundi and Kalikapara was lodged on 14th March 2023, and accordingly action was initiated against the illegal miners and the authority had seized their equipments used in sand mining from the mining site.
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