SHILLONG, Nov 21: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma highlighted the tourism potential of Mawlyndep village in Ri Bhoi stating that the village can be developed into a tourism road circuit having many resorts, restaurants and other Tourism facilities along the stretch.
His remarks came at programme in which the chief minister inaugurated Mawlyndep Community Centre and BioFloc Fish Tanks in Mawlyndep Village, Ri Bhoi, on Saturday.
An amount of Rs 15 crore that has been sanctioned by the World Bank for the development of the road leading to Mawmaram will boost tourism in the area, Conrad added. The Mawmaram to NEPA Junction is a project of Rs 64 crore covering a length of 41.527 km under MITP, expected to be completed by November 2024.
The Mawlyndep Community Centre project is partially funded by the Chief Minister’s Special Development Fund.
On the other hand, inaugurating the BioFloc Fish Tanks, Conrad said that the state consumes about 30,000 metric tons of fish annually. “The state produces only about 50 per cent of the total consumption, so there is a huge gap in the demand and supply,” he said.
He added that the livelihood and the income that can be generated by using such technology will not only meet the demand but can change lives thereby also improving the economy of the state.
The chief minister, on the day, also handed over the ODF Certificate to Mawlyndep.
The village has been conferred with an ODF Plus Certificate for having been able to sustain the gains on becoming open defecation free which was achieved through adequate accessibility to toilet facilities and usage and for progressing to higher standards of sanitation status by having systematic community-managed waste management arrangements, both at household and institutional level characterised by optimum visual cleanliness in the village surroundings.
It may be mentioned that Mawlyndep village is one of the villages adopted by Rajya Sabha member, WR Kharlukhi.