NONGSTOIN: Uncertainty looms large over the allotment of ticket to Congress leader Gabriel Wahlang, as another ticket aspirant from Nongstoin, Albinus Kharbani has emerged.
Sources from the Nongstoin Block Congress Committee said that the party may change its decision on allotment of ticket in Nongstoin though Wahlang was preferred at the initial stage.
The West Khasi Hills District Congress Committee believes that the MPCC had asked Kharbani to apply for party ticket from Nongstoin to take on the Congress rival Diosstarness Jyndiang from HSPDP.
Sources also said that the MPCC had also offered ticket to A. Pariong and Golden Nonglong, but they refused.
Party sources said that while Kharbani is backed by Shillong MP Vincent H Pala, Wahlang has the support of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
Kharbani is the former president of Nongstoin Block Congress Committee.
State constructs 817 toilets
NEW DELHI: Meghalaya has constructed as many as 817 household toilets under the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) scheme till November last year.
For Northeastern and Himalayan states, the central share is Rs 10,800 for construction of each household toilet and state’s share is Rs 1,200 per beneficiary.
Maharashtra has constructed the maximum number of individual household toilets under the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) scheme, followed by Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, according to official data.
Till November last year, as many as 42.72 lakh household toilets have been constructed against the target of 66.42 lakh, recording an achievement of nearly 64 per cent. (PTI)
