Guwahati, July 22 -- The Meghalaya High Court has observed that the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) did not take prompt action on pollution concerns in Byrnihat despite receiving a comprehensive report on the area's air quality in March 2025.

Hearing a suo motu case on July 7, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Wanlura Diengdoh noted that the MSPCB had commissioned the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) in 2024 to identify air pollution sources and emissions in Byrnihat and the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP). The report was submitted to the pollution board in March this year.

The court noted that...