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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... Besides the enforcement of the Water Act and the Air Act, the Board is also enforcing the following Acts, Rules and Notifications: -... The Meghalaya Pollution Control Board has established its Central Environmental Laboratory in 1988. This laboratory has been recognized as "State Water and Air Laboratory" by the..