Seminar on water security held in Tura

TURA: The Tura Christian College (TCC) in collaboration with the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board, Shillong organised a one-day seminar thematised on ‘Inventory and Revival of Springs in the Catchment Areas for Water Security’ at its college premises.
The seminar was graced by Chief Guest C P Marak, IFS (PCCF & HoFF), Principal Secretary in charge of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Chairman, MSPCB, Shillong. Speaking on the occasion, Marak reiterated that the key to water security lies in the hands of the citizens and the paradigm shift of the government’s role from being the provider of centrally engineered solutions to facilitator in development of community based projects.
It may be mentioned that the TCC, as one of its main objectives and vision, though in its nascent stage of establishment, felt the need to bring all the stakeholders onboard to share a common forum to deliberate and bring about a sense of responsibility on the topic, which is one of the pressing issues of contemporary life today.
Research scholars, from the field and its allied areas presented their papers during the technical session of the programme which was attended by citizens, research scholars, students and A’king Nokmas.