Water Resources

Draft Integrated State Water Policy, Meghalaya

This Integrated State Water Policy of Meghalaya intends to “achieve sustainable development, management and use of Meghalaya’s water resources with community participation to improve health and livelihoods, reduce vulnerability while assuring good governance for present and future generations”.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Government of Meghalaya
Tags:
Water Policy, Meghalaya, Water Management, Water Resources, Water Conservation
Water Resources

Meghalaya Integrated Water Resource Management Bill, 2015

A Bill to provide for the establishment of institutional mechanism for effective management, protection, conservation, development, equitable, distribution, regulation, conjunctive judicious and efficient use of the state water resources with the objective to ensure water, food and ecological security, thus ensuring sustainability of water res

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Government of Meghalaya
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Meghalaya, Water Supply, Groundwater, Sanitation, River Basin, Water Conservation, Water Policy, Water Harvesting, Water Disputes
Health

Neglected Plasmodium vivax malaria in northeastern States of India

the northeastern states of India are co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. The transmission intensity is low-to-moderate resulting in intermediate to stable malaria. Malaria control prioritized P. falciparum being the predominant and life threatening infection (>70%). P. vivax malaria remained somewhat neglected. The present study provides a status report of P. vivax malaria in the northeastern States of India.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Vinod P. Sharma, Vas Dev, Sobhan Phookan
Indian Journal of Medical Research
141
546-555
Tags:
Malaria, North East, Tropical Diseases, India, Vector Borne Diseases, Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
Water Pollution

Monitoring committee constituted to check river pollution

The Khasi Student Union (KSU) Mawlai Circle along with members of various private companies met the CEM, KHADC Adelbert Nongrum to constitute a monitoring committee to check pollution in the Umshin

Publication Date: 
29/04/2015
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Umiam, River Pollution, Soil Erosion, Water Pollution
Mining

NGT order challenged

SHILLONG: The All Meghalaya Commercial Truck Owners and Operators Association has filed a petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) challenging the tribunal’s earlier directive in which coa

Publication Date: 
22/04/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Mining, Coal
Mining

MCTOOA questions NGT order on Environment Fund

SHILLONG, April 21: The Meghalaya Commercial Truck Owners and Operators Association (MCTOOA) on Tuesday questioned the decision of the NGT to impose a payment of Rs.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2015
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Meghalaya, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Coal, Mining
Mining

NGT decision set to burn hole in coal owners’ pockets

SHILLONG: There will be additional burden on the mine owners and dealers with the fresh order of the Director of Mineral Resources to pay Rs 485 against per metric tonne of coal.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Mining, Coal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment
Natural Disasters

Cyclone hits South West Garo Hills

Over a hundred villages in the district of South West Garo Hills have been affected by cyclone that hit the region on Saturday night.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2015
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Meghalaya, West Garo Hills, Cyclone, Rainfall, Crops, Natural Disasters
Mining

Tribunal rap for policy failure

- NGT upholds mining ban in Meghalaya, ticks off govt

Publication Date: 
02/04/2015
Andrew W. Lyngdoh
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Mining, Coal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ecology, Water Resources, Mines Act 1957, Health Effects, Environmental Health
Mining

NGT relief for coal owners

In a partial relief to the coalmine owners, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday allowed transportation of extracted coal till May 31 and at the same fixed the last date of payment of ro

Publication Date: 
26/03/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Mining, Coal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmentalists

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