Monday, March 17, 2025

Dohling inaugurates public toilet in city

Date:

Share post:

spot_img

SHILLONG: Urban Affairs Minister Hamlet Dohling, on Thursday, inaugurated a public convenience facility at Jail road in the presence of officials from Shillong Municipal Board (SMB).
Initiated by local MLA Adelbert Nongrum, the facility was sanctioned under the MLA scheme for around Rs 14.73 lakh from Social Urban Works Programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Urban Affairs Minister Dohling expressed surprise over the fact that the locality does not have a public toilet despite being a commercial hub.
The minister said that he would instruct the SMB and Urban Affairs department to upgrade and bring changes in all existing public toilets across the city.
Local MLA Adelbert Nongrum said that the facility was a need of the public. “When we keep ourselves and our surroundings clean, it shows that we respect ourselves and others. And by doing that, we ultimately respect God,” he said.
He said that the public toilet is a long-cherished dream of the people of Jail Road, which has been constructed after a lot of difficulties and hardship. “I am happy that I could complete this long-pending task for the benefit of the general public of the entire area,” he said.

spot_img

Related articles

Mindless pollution: Teenagers shocked over sorry state of Umkaliar river

SHILLONG, March 16: Operation Clean-Up (OCU), a citizens’ group comprising concerned individuals, groups, and institutions committed to cleaning...

Dust, vehicle emissions add to Byrnihat’s ‘poisonous’ air

SHILLONG, March 16: Byrnihat, an industrial town in the Assam-Meghalaya border, is facing an air crisis that is...

Now, NEHU VC seeks support from non-teaching staff

SHILLONG, March 16: Having failed to convince the students to back him in order to restore normalcy in...