Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills District, Shri Shivansh
Awasthi today inaugurated a One-Day Workshop on the topic “Water Quality in East Jaintia Hills
District of Meghalaya with specific study on change of colour of Lunar-Lubha River” organized
by the Department of Water Resources, Government of Meghalaya at Khliehriat West
Community Hall, Khliehriat.
Others who attended the workshop include Chief Engineer (Water Resources), Smti. A.D
Blah, Scientist, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Shri Arnab Mondal, Executive
Engineer (Water Resources), East Jaintia Hills District, Shri K. Lamare, Executive Engineer,
(Water Resources) Hydro Informatics (HI), Shillong, Shri R.R Lyngskor, various line department
officials, traditional heads, teachers and students of Don Bosco College, Byndihati & Jaintia
Eastern College, Khliehriat.
In his inaugural address, Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills District, Shri Shivansh
Awasthi stated that the workshop is beneficial to both officials and researchers who had
conducted studies on the Lunar-Lubha River as also stakeholders attending the programme.
Additionally, he expressed optimism that the deliberations during the technical sessions
and the interaction thereafter would help offer practical solutions to the issues and challenges
concerning the pollution in the said river.
The daylong workshop featured presentations by officials of the Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB), Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPSC), Water Resources
Department, Saindur Enviro Pvt Ltd and academicians from the Department of Zoology, St.
Anthonys College & the Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University
(NEHU), Shillong. (DPRO, Khliehriat).
