Karonga’s coal mining company CMG penalised K14.5 million by MEPA for six environmental violations
* Water pollution and uncontrolled discharge of effluent, absence of a waste management plan, failure to have an environmental and social management Plan * Operating a loading bay without approval, poor site design and engineering controls, and absence of safety and emergency systems By George Mponda, MANA Karonga-based Coal and Minerals Group (CMG), which was discovered blatantly discharging untreated coal waste into Kasantha and Changwina rivers, has been imposed with a total of K14.5 million as administrative penalties by…
