Shillong, April 20: Meghalaya Legislative Assembly’s High Powered Committee (HPC) on the construction of the new Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang on Thursday gave administrative approval to the new design of the dome of as well as financial approval.

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Speaker Thomas A. Sangma chaired a meeting of the HPC on Thursday, which was attended by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, Deputy Speaker Timothy D. Shira, legislators Charles Pyngrope, Lahkmen Rymbui, and Banteidor Lyngdoh, Chief Secretary DP Wahlang, Commissioner & Secretary, Meghalaya Assembly, Dr. Andrew Simons and other government officials.

After the meeting, the Assembly Speaker informed that the HPC meet was held to give administrative approval to the new design of the dome as well as financial approval citing the increase of scope of work for the under-construction Assembly.

He stated that the new design has been vetted by IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati, and added that construction work of the building will proceed now.

“The HPC sat to give administrative approval (to the new dome design) and also there was some financial approval required. The scope of work has also increased,” the Speaker informed, adding that the work will resume in full swing after Eid.

He also informed that the HPC has appointed a Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC) as per the observations made by IIT Guwahati in the report on the collapse of the dome.

He further said the PWD & PMC have been instructed to look at the second phase of construction simultaneously.