Meghalaya has only one railway station, at Mendipathar in the North Garo Hills, which became operational in 2014. Passenger trains ply between Guwahati and Mendipathar daily, and the station received ...

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“MEGHALAYA” is the name given by Dr. Chatterjee to that isolated block of peninsular India which sticks out westwards like a promontory from the Naga Hills into the plain of Assam-Bengal.

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Byrnihat, an industrial town on the Assam-Meghalaya border, has been declared the world's most polluted city, according to the IQAir World Air Quality Report 2024. The report recorded Byrnihat's PM2.5 ...

According to the World Air Quality Report for 2024 published by IQAir, a Swiss company that tracks global air quality, Byrnihat on the Meghalaya-Assam border is the “most polluted city in the world”.

Listen to Story Byrnihat is now the most polluted city globally Byrnihat has 41 factories in an area of just 49.5 sq km, worsening pollution Lack of local pollution control worsens Byrnihat's air ...

India ranked as the fifth most polluted country in the world in 2024, with Byrnihat, Meghalaya, recognized as the most polluted metropolitan area globally. Despite a 7% decline in PM2.5 levels ...