Eco-tourism camp to come up at Mandalgre

TURA: Mandalgre village in East Garo Hills – located within the periphery of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve will soon get its Eco-Tourism Camp as Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma laid the foundation stone for its construction as part of the government’s initiative of developing an Eco-Tourism Circuit in the region on Monday. He also laid the foundation stone for construction, including metalling and black-topping of a road from Chinabat to Mandalgre village.
Mandalgre, with nearly 700 house-holds, is one of the oldest villages in the Nokrek region which existed even before the Bristish era. It is famous for citrus plantation and rich flora and fauna with the potentiality to develop as an eco-tourism resort.
However, due to the absence of proper road connectivity, the people of this village had been facing a lot of difficulty and hardship in daily commuting to and fro their village to the nearest town and particularly in transporting and marketing of their agricultural produce.
With the sanction for construction of this all-weather road from Chinabat, on Tura Williamnagar road, to the village, the dream of the people of Mandalgre will soon become a reality. This village is also the last of the polling stations under Rongrenggre, the home constituency of Minister for School Education & Literacy Deborah C. Marak, who also accompanied the Chief Minister during the programme.
In his brief address on the occasion, the chief minister assured all support from the government so that the importance of this village will be known to all and the people of the village can flourish without having to go outside looking for opportunities.
A huge number of orange saplings were also distributed to the villagers on the occasion.