SHILLONG: The Assembly Committee on Environment headed by MLA SK Sunn has ordered the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Mawphlang to close down their school immediately until and unless their sewerage treatment plant is made functional.
The Committee which visited the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme on Tuesday witnessed the discharging of the untreated sewerage from JNV flowing directly into a small stream which leads to the dam.
“ We have asked JNV to close down until their sewerage treatment plant is made functional,” member of the committee HM Shangpliang said
The authorities of the school were summoned by the Committee during its meeting held here on Wednesday.
Earlier, SK Sunn said that the committee cannot close down the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme but they can close the school.
He said that the Committee has give time to make the plant functional and have told the school that until and unless their sewerage treatment plant is made functional, they would have to continue giving holiday to the school children.