Shillong, April 6: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Wednesday said the government is pushing to inaugurate the new building of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly at Mawdiangdiang under the New Shillong Township (NST) by September, this year.

Talking to reporters after reviewing the construction of the new building of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, he said, “We intend to complete it by July, and commissioning and testing will be done in a month time… end of August.”

Sharing details on progress of the work he said work on the dome of the new Assembly building is about 75 percent complete while the construction work of the minar, which is the top part of the dome, will begin next week.

The Speaker discussed micro details of the project with department heads of the Public Works Department (PWD), Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited (MePDCL), National Informatics Centre (NIC), Forests and Environment, amongst others.

After the meeting, Lyngdoh said he is satisfied with the progress of construction work but added that “a lot of effort and work needs to be taken care of to ensure that we complete the project as scheduled”.

On funding from the Government of India, he said that discussions were held with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Finance Department. “I can say that we will be getting the funding from the Central Government,” he said.