TURA: The Sub-Committee on Public Accounts Committee (Garo Hills Sector), Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, held a district-level review meeting with officials from departments of West Garo Hills at the Circuit House in Tura.
In the meeting, Chairman of the Committee, Zenith M Sangma, along with other members of the Committee including MLAs — George B Lyngdoh, Rakkam A Sangma, and Lazarus Sangma — reviewed the progress of various ongoing schemes and projects in the district.
Chief Engineer, MePDCL, Tura, MK Chetry, informed the Committee about the NEC Scheme, Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Saubhagya, NERPSIP and Ganol Power projects being implemented in West Garo Hills. Meanwhile, Additional Chief Engineer, West Garo Hills, Gromyko K Marak, briefed the gathering about the status of the ongoing projects in the district and informed that most of the works have been pending due to the pandemic situation along with incessant rainfall and unavailability of labourers since the region depends on migrant labourers while, at the same time, assuring that work would begin once the rains subside.
Sharing his observation, Committee Chairman Zenith M Sangma advised the PWD officials to do away with few remaining semi-permanent bridges in the region and replace them with permanent bridge so as to provide improved and sustainable transportation facilities to the people of the region.
George B Lyngdoh, another member of the Committee, suggested that the officials of the PWD department should propose for a Soil Testing Laboratory in the district in order to make the process of soil testing easier and to prepare DPR in a proper manner, and also to include proper drainage system in order to reduce the damage of roads caused mainly during rainy season.
