Nine Meghalaya plants on forest land

According to a report by the Supreme Court appointed team, nine cement plants in Meghalaya are being run on forest land. These plants belong to companies including Adhunik Cement, Amrit Cement Industries, Cement Manufacturing Company, Cosmos Cement, Green Valley Industries, Goldstone Cement, Hills Cement, JUD Cements and Meghalaya Cement. The Joint Inspection Team discovered that nearly 50 per cent of the surveyed land under the nine cement plants in the Jaintia Hills district was classified as forest land.