Shillong, July 11: The state machinery has dismantled three chimneys of coke oven plants till July 10 and the work is targeted to be completed by July 20.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the government said several persons behind these illegal operations have been identified and arrested.
“The concrete measures and proactive steps of the government in executing these actions to dismantle the infrastructure supporting the illegal coke plants are contrary to any perception of silence on the issue”, the statement said.
The government said the action is in compliance to the orders of the High Court of Meghalaya.
“Action had already been initiated against the illegal coke plats in December 2022 by shutting down the illegal plants and initiate the process of dismantling the bee-hive coke ovens to ensure that they do not become operational again. This process continued till April 2023 resulting in significant progress in eradication of these unlawful establishments”, the government said.
Consequently, the demolition of chimneys and other physical infrastructure of the illegal plants has commenced from July 8.
