Nepal keen to invest in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: The Ambassador of Nepal in India, . Deep Kumar Upadhyay on Saturday called on Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma at his residence and expressed the desire to carry out investment in Meghalaya.
Upadhyay, who is on his first official visit to the State, noted that there are several similarities between Nepal and Meghalaya and also discussed the challenges faced by the two regions.
The Chief Minister spoke of various initiatives taken by the government to address those challenges and told the visiting official of the need to have people driven programmes in order to make any developmental initiative a success.
Sangma also highlighted on the need to have more of pharmaceutical and textiles industries as these have huge job opportunities.
The Nepal Ambassador also expressed keen interest to invest in the State and said he would come back next time with investors and businessmen from the country.