SHILLONG: Meghalaya Government has approved a policy for setting up of weighbridge in the state.
Informing this here on Monday after the Cabinet meeting, Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong said that prior to the policy, any individual could set up weighbridges and offer it to the government and sees whether it was feasible or not.
“In addition, there was not thrust area as to where multiple weighbridges were required,” he said
Now with the policy, the Government is hoping to regulate setting up of weighbridges across the state
The policy which will be notified shortly is expected to address the issue of leaking of the revenue from the weighbridges
At present, there are 16 Government-owned weighbridges in the state.