Shillong: Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Dr Raj Bhushan Choudhary visited South West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya on Thursday and reviewed the status of the progress of central government schemes in the district.
Dr. Choudhary accompanied by Comingone Ymbon, Minister in charge of the Water Resource Department, inspected various centrally sponsored projects. These included the Hydro meteorological Station under the National Hydrology Project at Umngi River, the Phodumtyngkoh – Phodtangjem Minor Irrigation Project at Rangmaw village, the Miyawaki Project in Pyndenspar, the Amrit Sarovar Project Phase- II in Sakwang Village, and the MGNREGA project at Phot Mawpon. He also inspected the Flow Irrigation Project(FIP) implemented by the Water Resource Department at Phot Umnew.
The Minister also reviewed the implementation of the schemes and met the representatives of different departments and district administration at the Circuit House, Mawkyrwat. Officials from Community & Rural Development (DRDA), Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), Public Health Engineering, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Public Works Department (Rds), Water Resources, Soil and Water Conservation Department, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Health Department, Agriculture Department, Horticulture Department and MePDCL gave detailed presentations on the achievements and challenges in the implementation of schemes in regards to their respective departments.
While addressing the media here, the Minister reiterated the central government’s focus and priority in developing the NE region across different sectors. “There has been special focus of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for development of the Northeastern States, and therefore Union Ministers visit the northeastern states every fortnight to ensure speedy implementation of the Centre’s developmental programmes”.
“Today I reviewed the implementation of schemes of various departments with the officials of the district administration. The focus is to assess the level of development in the state in different parameters and where the state of Meghalaya stands in comparison with other states of the country”, he added.
The Minister, after his review meeting, also visited Mawten and Nonglang Village to inspect the progress of the Greater Mawkyrwat Water Supply Scheme and the Nonglang Water Supply Scheme. He interacted with the beneficiaries of the central government schemes, including the Jal Jeevan Mission and found that there has been proper implementation of the welfare schemes. He exhorted the district officials to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries get the benefits of the same.
