Mendipathar, Aug 25: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the Mendipathar Facilitation Centre at Mendipathar Railway Station in North Garo Hills in the presence of Deputy Speaker Timothy D Shir
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Inaugurated the Mendipathar Facilitation Centre at Mendipathar Railway Station in North Garo Hills District. The Centre will help the District Administration to effectively monitor the flow of visitors to the region.@meghtourism pic.twitter.com/rX1soH8Y3a
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) August 25, 2021
Inaugurating the centre, the Chief Minister said that the facilitation centre will keep record of visitors to the region.
He said that the facilitation centre will enable the district administration to effectively monitor flow of visitors from outside the region.
He also said that the rail head in Mendipathar is a boon for the people of the region as this will continue to facilitate movement of people from the region to the adjoining State of Assam, especially the access to market for the farming community.
He said that the railway has helped people from North Garo Hills to use railway to reach to Guwahati.
Rail head a boon to Mendipathar
He also stressed that the reason Mendipathar is attracting so many major projects because of the presence of rail head.
He said that since the railway head was there in Mendipathar, the State Government is setting up the ₹100 crore food park in Mendipathar.
The Food Park is the largest in the State coming up at Mendipathar industrial area.
He further said the biggest feed mill of Northeast is being set up at Mendipathar because it has the railway head.
He further said that Mendipathar has become the preferred destination for investment because it has all the necessary infrastructure and the facilities, particularly the rail connectivity.
