Williamnagar, Dec 12: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday handed over land lease documents to residents of Balsrigittim and Warimagre in Williamnagar township of East Garo Hills District in the presence of MLA Marcuise Marak.
The CM and local MLA Marcuise Marak handed over land settlement documents to 17 residents of Balsrigittim and 6 residents of Warimagre.
17 households of Balsrigittim and 6 from Warimagre were handed land documents today.
This fulfils our promise to the people of the 2 localities to resolves this long-pending issue and will further development in the areas that were deprived of due to the land settlement issues. pic.twitter.com/7gTph6godz
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) December 12, 2022
Over 1200 plus residents from both the localities have been living in the Government land for years and had been seeking for land settlement. The residents of the localities had to face various hardships in absence of land documents necessary to avail loans and other benefits from the Government.
The residents sought the intervention of the Government for resolving the issue and, under the leadership of the Chief Minister, the Department of Revenue finally came up with the settlement land document.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister appreciated the effort of the MLA Marcuise Marak for his persistence by bringing different stakeholders together to resolve the issue.
He said that in Tura and Williamnagar, few localities had similar issues with regard to land settlement and the Government has worked out a solution through issuance of the land document that will pave way for access to basic Government amenities in such localities.
