Two pressure groups, the Garo Students Union (GSU) and Chokpot Area Vigilance Committee (CAVC) today raised the matter of what they described as illegal stone quarrying at Chokpot Budugre.
The quarrying has continued for at least a year and has gone on despite the GSU and CAVC’s protests in 2023.
The pressure groups claimed that the quarrying operation does not have valid paperwork from the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and called on the authorities to act.