Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that the government has taken solid steps to tackle  climate change in the State.

Sangma, who called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday, said that the projects include – construction of a series of cascading small multipurpose reservoirs that will enable the impounding of the 3,700 mm of annual rainfall that the State receives. He further added that The conserved water will be utilized for many works including drinking, irrigation, fisheries and tourism development. An externally aided project of 100 million USD has been proposed to the Department of Economic Affairs to fund this ambitious project."

He also informed the Prime Minister that cadre of natural resource management volunteers are being raised in each of the 6500 villages of the State, which is part of the Meghalaya State Water Mission. The CM said, “This cadre will be trained and empowered so that they are able to integrate traditional knowledge and modern technology towards solving the challenges of climate change." During his meeting  CM also  expressed his gratitude to the Centre and Prime Minister for providing an amount of Rs. 5,105 cr from the share of central taxes and Rs. 1,279 cr as Revenue Gap Grant for the next financial year.

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