CAG frowns on Umiam pollution

  • 23/03/2011

  • Telegraph (North East)

Shillong, March 22: A CAG report has rapped the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited for not initiating any steps to protect the Umiam reservoir which feeds five downstream hydropower plants of the corporation. The reservoir covers an area of 10 square km and serves as a recreational spot for tourists with amenities for boating and angling. In addition, the reservoir supplies drinking water to the army cantonment at Umroi and to the villages situated downstream of the powerhouses, the report said. The report said in 2008, the Pollution Control Board, Meghalaya, carried out a check on the water quality of the reservoir and certified it