SHILLONG: The construction work for the proposed shopping complex in Polo area of the city is ready to take off.
Informing this on Saturday, Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said that bad weather has delayed the start of the construction work.
The project is being implemented by the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC).
Lyngdoh also informed that the State Government had zeroed in on one of the three designs presented by the NBCC.
According to Lyngdoh, the Government plans to develop a beautiful shopping complex extending till the Polo junction and an extensive master plan has been prepared for the same. Negotiations are also on with land owners in this regard.
The idea of having a shopping complex was made possible after the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) and the East Khasi Hills district administration demolished several shops in Polo Market in accordance with the High Court of Meghalaya verdict passed in favour of the State Government on April 24 last paving way for the construction of the new shopping mall.
