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World Water Day observed by RIST & USTM
9th Mile, Ri Bhoi, 22 March
2018: With “Nature for Water” as the theme, World Water
Day has been observed today by the Department of Civil
Engineering, Regional Institute of Science & Technology (RIST)
and the Department of Earth Science, University of Science &
Technology (USTM) by holding experts’ talks, interactive
sessions with students as well as debate competition with
the topic “A National Water Grid will benefit North East
India”.
Addressing the event at RIST, Ms A D Blah, Superintending
Engineer, Water Resource Department, Meghalaya said that
increase in demand of water means demand for energy. She
spoke on Green Infrastructure which means restoring forests
and grasslands, protection of flood plains, creating buffers
of vegetation along water courses. She said that Grey
Infrastructures such as dams, canals for Irrigation and
other water harvesting structures should be constructed to
combat the problem of scarcity of water. A debate
competition was also held on the occasion by RIST.
In another event which was organized today by the Earth
Science Department of USTM in association with Meghalaya
Basin Development Authority (MBDA), Mr Gautam Chakraborty,
OSD of MBDA delivered a presentation on “Impacts of Climate
Change on Water Resources in Meghalaya”. The other resource
person from MBDA was Mr Nigel Kharmalki, Senior Officer,
Soil and Water Conservation Department, Government of
Meghalaya. Earlier on the day, the Department of Earth
Science also inaugurated its library as well as a wall
magazine named “Planet Reporter”. |
