Shillong, March 2: A meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, with Minister, Power, James K Sangma was held today to discuss the sudden load shedding that MeECL had to impose. Minister, Power, James K Sangma informed that this has been necessitated because of certain issues regarding the Letter of Credit for the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) due to which MeECL had to go for load shedding.

“The meeting discussed the issue and the way forward at length. I will be meeting the Minister, Government of India to discuss the difficulties and challenges that the State is facing presently in the Power sector and to make sure that this regulation by the NTPC can be withdrawn at the earliest”, said Minister, Power, James K Sangma.

The meeting was also attended by Ministers of the Cabinet, Chief Secretary, M S Rao and officials from the Power Department.