MAWKYRWAT: A two-day regional seminar on “Resource Potentialities and Economic Prosperity: Challenges of North Eastern Region” was organized by IQAC Sngap Syiem College in collaboration with Meghalaya Economic Association (MEA) at Mawkyrwat South West Khasi Hills recently.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Water Resources, Rowell Lyngdoh said that the North-Eastern Region has lots of potential in agriculture, power and tourism which if tapped properly can greatly contribute to the economic growth of the region and the country.
Addressing the gathering, Commissioner Secretary, Education, D.P. Wahlang said that NE faced many challenges while implementing developmental activities with the biggest of them being acquisition of land.
South West Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner, Ripnar Lyngdoh, MEA Vice President and Associated Prof. of Shillong College, E Kharkongor also spoke on the occasion.