Restrictions have been imposed for any activities that will further pollute the Myntdu River in West Jaiñtia Hills district.
The district magistrate under Section 144 CrPC prohibits felling of trees in the vicinity of the river, sand mining and stone quarries along the river bed, washing of clothes and vehicles, dumping of spoils and waste materials, both solid and liquid, as well as waste/muck from road construction into the river.
The order also bans sand mining and stone quarries all along the river Myntdu and on the river bed.
