Meghalaya: NH construction firm continues to ravage Rongdik River

Baghmara: Despite being called out for the destruction of two river beds, Rongdik and Rongreng by two construction companies, NSC and Nidhi Constructions, at least one of the companies has continued to plunder the Rongdik River near Karukol – Emangre.

As per reports, Nidhi Construction, having stopped digging into the Rongreng river bed following a show-cause notice by the Forest Department, has been using another site on the Rongdik River for the same purpose. Videos and images of the continued plunder, despite knowing the illegality of their actions, have once again surfaced with local sources claiming that the illegal mining of sand and gravel from the riverbed has been ongoing for the past 2 years.

The above-mentioned companies have been contracted to create the Baghmara – Ranikor road and have been on the job for the past 2 years. While the progress has been good as far the road goes, the two companies have been put under the scanner after it was noticed that they were illegally excavating the river beds of two critical rivers – all within the buffer zone of the Balpakram National Park.