Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the formation of Fe3+ and some or all of this Fe3+ precipitates to cause red, orange …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the formation of Fe3+ and some or all of this Fe3+ precipitates to cause red, orange …
Over one lakh people affected as Brahmaputra, Jingiram waters inundate several villages West Garo Hills was on Monday declared as flood hit district after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages of the district. Two other districts — East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills — were also …
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising of seven organizations from Garo Hills held a public rally in Williamnagar on Tuesday to demand that the Meghalaya Government halt the Daribokgre dam project to tap water for supply to Tura, citing possible ecological damage to the Simsang river. The student and social …
Outbreak of bird-flu and aftermath Shillong: Fresh deaths of domesticated fowls have been reported in the State, even as the culling of birds in a three-kilometre radius of the bird-flu epicentre of Williamnagar in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills entered its third day on Sunday, an official said. More than 2,321 …
