TURA: Meghalaya State Planning Board Chairman and MLA, Lambor Malngiang along with Co-Chairman and Expert Members on Tuesday held a Review Meeting with the District officers of Garo Hills on the on-going or proposed projects both Central and State schemes being implemented in the district.
Co- Chairman and MLAs, Benedic R Marak, Hopeful Bamon, Brening G Momin, Rupert Momin, Co- Chairman and Ex- MLAs Nihim D Shira and Billykid A Sangma, Expert Member, State Planning Board Dr Krishna Chauhan, Commissioner and Secretary incharge IT, Tourism, etc M Synrem, Deputy Commissioner, West Garo Hills, Ram Singh and district officials were among others who attended the review meeting.
Malngiang, while addressing the meeting informed that the review meeting was necessitated in order to discuss about various programmes being implemented in the district and also to speed up the pending schemes which are ongoing in the district. He added that this was in line with the information received from NITI Aayog and in following the guidelines provided by NITI Aayog.
While reviewing the programmes and implementation of Community and Rural Development Department with special reference to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in all the districts of Garo Hills, issues and challenges faced by most of the districts were discussed. The East Garo Hills Project Director pointed to the shortage of technical manpower in the district, leading to delays in preparation of estimates and issuing of work order on time for the respective VEC members.
During the presentation of schemes under Tura Building Division, the concerned department highlighted the construction of Governor’s Guest House, Office Building for MPSC and Secondary Laboratory for Legal Metrology, District Museum, at Dakopgre, Permanent Court Building for Subordinate Judiciary at Tura, College of Architecture at Balalgre, Pine Mount International School at Doldegre, etc. while in South West Garo Hills the ongoing projects mentioned were proposed construction of DC Office at Ampati, construction of Engineering College at Ampati, etc. It was also informed about the proposed construction of DC Office and Composite Residential Building, District Court and Quarters for Subordinate Judiciary at Resubelpara in North Garo Hills and construction of Polytechnic, Judicial Court and Residential Schools in East Garo Hills District. For South Garo Hills the construction of Court Building and Residential School were mentioned as ongoing projects.
Other issues discussed during the review meeting were Health and Family Welfare department, Education Department, Agriculture and Horticulture Department with special emphasis on Agar Mission and Tourism Department in relation to all the districts of Garo Hills region.
The Chairman along with Co-Chairman and other members and officials will also be visiting a few proposed sites on December 5.