Mairang, March 21: The District Magistrate, Eastern West Khasi Hills District in an order issued under Section 144 CrPC has imposed restriction and has prohibited the use of chemicals in the Khri river and its nearby streams as well as burning of forests and grasslands in and around the villages falling under Ri- men area to prevent further damage to all forms of aquatic lives and for the safety and security of the general public
The order was necessitated following receipt of a complaint informing that some individuals used poisonous chemical substance to catch fish from Khri and its nearby feeder streams and receipt of another complaint informing that certain other individuals are burning forests and grasslands during dry seasons in the Ri- men areas.
According to the order of the District Magistrate, the application of such poisonous substances in streams contaminates the water and ultimately leads to the indiscriminate killing of all forms of aquatic lives; and that burning of forests and grasslands pollutes and destroys the environment and the ecology thereby posing health hazard to the life of the general public.
Anyone found violating the order shall be prosecuted under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code 1860, added the order of the District Magistrate.
