SHILLONG: The year 2019 has finally ended with much disappointment for Meghalaya but the residents in the state are optimistic that 2020 would bring new hopes, peace and a sense of responsibility for protecting environment in the state.
Senior Congress leader and MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh hoped that there will be progress in all sectors in the new year and the decade.
“Happy New Year Meghalaya, I look forward to the new decade and envision a state which will progress in all sectors. This era begins with the burden of humongous and burning issues that will strain the system on many fronts. I am, however, hopeful that India will prove to the world that it is bigger than all adversaries”, she said.
“2020 is numerically a good looking figure and I will live by the hope that since the nation has nurtured me with all reserves to survive, my fellow Indians and co-citizens of Meghalaya will remain hopeful and build on a nation we have proudly inherited,” Lyngdoh said.
The chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Meena Kharkongor said that the need of the hour is to have a sensitive government which will try to solve issues.
She said that when crimes happen, people from the government hardly speak up on those matters and they can at least request the judiciary to expedite the cases.
“We need our legislators to be more responsible and see that prosecution is conducted well and they can request for early disposal of cases so that people especially children can get relief,” she said.
She also said that children have to wait for long years to get compensation and many times it is denied due to several procedures and lapses and there is no one from the government to speak out.
Rangdajied Marwein, a youth who followed up several issues in the state, said that 2019 was a year of economic slowdown for the whole country and it reflected the real image of the affairs on Indian economy.
“In 2020,I hope that the economy will revive as our daily lives revolve around it and I hope new initiatives will be taken by the Centre and the state government to ensure that unemployed youths are taken care of,” he said,
“We also hope that 2020 would be the year that arouses the feelings of collective responsibility,” he said.
A senior police officer, Herbert Lyngdoh said, “Well my wish for the new year is peace, goodwill, good health and may our dear Meghalaya grow from strength to strength with the blessings of our Almighty.”
“I hope the new year brings forth development to the last person in the state,” Ronnie Wahlang, BDO, Mawryngkneng Block, said.
Seema Singh, a family member of an official working with Defence force in Meghalaya, said that she would like to see clean, green, healthy and tobacco-free Meghalaya where all citizens, regardless of names and surnames, contribute towards nation building.
Congress leader and MLA from Rajabala Azad Zaman, while greeting the people of the state, said that in the new year, he wants the union government to understand the pain and agony of the people of the state and hoped that the Centre would fully exempt Meghalaya from CAA and NRC.
He also wished that the region and Meghalaya now should see peace, development and prosperity in the new year.
Naba Bhattacharjee, an environmentalist and cricket administrator, said that he would continue his efforts with renewed vigour, to revive the degenerating environment, forest and water bodies.
“As cricket administrator and convener of BCCI Task Force for NE, I would ensure commencement of work in indoor facility,” he said.
He added that the BCCI wanted a land preferably from government for a cricket stadium in the state.
