Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board

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Submitted by susan on Sat, 2012-07-07 16:49

The State Board for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, Meghalaya was constituted by the Government of Meghalaya on the Sixteenth Day of November, Nineteen Eighty Three in pursuance of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. After the enactment of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the enforcing responsibility of the Act was entrusted to the Board. The Board was later renamed as Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board in 1988. The functions of the Board are as laid down under Section 17 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 17 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

Country: 
India
City: 
Shillong
Main Topic: 
Environment
state: 
Meghalaya
thesaurus: 
Pollution Control
Meghalaya
State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
External URL: 
http://megspcb.gov.in/
Acronym: 
MSPCB
Email: 
megspcb@bsnl.in, megspcb@rediffmail.com
Address: 
ARDEN,
Lumpyngngad,
Postal code: 
793 014
Phone: 
0364-2521217, 2521764, 2522802
Fax: 
0364-2521764, 2521514
Organisation Type: 
Government