chapter - 1 introduction - Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board

Hills Cement Co. Limited.
TABLE 3.1
LIST OF INDUSTRIES IN STUDY AREA
Sl. No. Particulars Distance, (Approx.) Kms Direction
1. CMCL 10.0 SE
2. JUD Cement 5.0 SE
3. Adhunik cement 4.0 SW
4. MCL 3.0 SE
5. Green valley cement 3.0 NE
3.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Socio-economic environment includes description of demography, and
available basic data. The study area lies in Kheliehriat community
development block of district Jaintia Hills. The district of Jaintia Hills lies in the
eastern part of the Meghalaya and bounded on the north and east by the
state of Assam, on the west by East Khasi Hills and shares a common
international boundary with Bangladesh in south. The District has four
community development blocks viz. Thadlaskein, Laskein, Amlarem and
Kheliehriat. For administrative purposes, district is divided into two subdivisions
viz. Amlarem and Kheliehriat.
The satellite image of the proposed site in placed below:
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