SHILLONG: Despite the curfew and lockdown in the state, illegal transportation of coal trucks, violating also the NGT order, continues in the state.
Only recently, five coal-laden trucks at Nongsning and Mynkre village from East Jaintia Hills district were seized.
At Nongsning village, Police detected one truck and arrested two persons (the driver and co-driver) in this regard.
At Mynkre village, however, members of the Village Defence Party (VDP) were the ones to seize four trucks for flouting the lockdown and the NGT order. In this connection, four persons were apprehended who, according to Police, hailed from Cachar district of Assam.
