Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Dr Mukul Sangma, emphasized that the process of scientific coal mining must be closely monitored.
Talking to Mediapersons in Shillong, Dr, Sangma said, “We have to see whether this scientific coal mining which has gone through all the necessary procedure to ultimately reach to this level, we’ll have to watch whether this is weaponized to facilitate illegal mining also has to be another issue which has to be under close watch, we need to do that because as I said, it revolves around the interest of the state, it revolves around the interest of the people.”