Shillong, April 22 -- A division bench of the Meghalaya High Court has directed authorities to ensure that no vehicle engaged in the transportation of boulders and other minerals to the Bangladesh border passes through Land Customs Stations and Forest Department checkpoints without a valid mineral transport challan or any other required documents.
In an interim direction issued on Tuesday, the bench, comprising Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew, asked authorities to ensure that vehicles transporting minerals validly possess the necessary fitness certificate required for plying the vehicle, as well as a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate.
"The concerned authorities to conduct a drive to ens...