By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has assured that the State Government will follow-up the issue related to the Nongstoin Urban Water Supply Scheme (NUWSS), sanctioned at Rs 133 crore for providing drinking water supply to the whole of Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills based NGOs claimed here on Wednesday.
The NGOs from West Khasi Hills district which included Western Youth Federation (WYF), West Khasi Hills Students’ Union (WKHSU), Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) and Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) on Wednesday met the Chief Minister to apprise him on the delay in implementation of the scheme.
“The Chief Minister has promised to follow-up this matter as soon as possible for the benefit of the residents of Nongstoin,” KSU-West Khasi Hills president John F Nongsiang told reporters after the meeting.
“Last month we had met PHE Chief Engineer SK Sunn who had stated that the tenders have already been floated on the websites,” Nongsiang said, while adding that the same was not available on the website. “This proves that the Chief Engineer had made a fool of the Rangbah Shnong of Nongstoin who had met him personally,” he added.
The NGOs further stated that if the government fails to make any progress in this regard, they will be forced to resorts to ‘other means’ to achieve their demands.
It may be pointed out that the foundation stone of the NUWSS was laid by PHE Minister Shitlang Pale on December 7, 2011 who had promised the people of speedy implementation of the scheme. However, till date, there has not been any progress in this direction.