Mawkyrwat, July 28: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated a footbridge over Rilang River at Jashiar village in Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi while on his visit to the district.
Inaugurated a footbridge over Rilang river at Jashiar village, #SouthWestKhasiHills which was constructed in record time of 3 months by 3 VECs under MGNREGS. This is an exemplary example of community initiative.@girirajsinghbjp @MoRD_GOI pic.twitter.com/zU13qSjDMA
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) July 28, 2021
The foot bridge is a community led initiative under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS)
Along with the PHE Minister, the Chief Minister also inaugurated a footbridge over Rilang River at Jashiar village, a community led initiative under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS).
The 53 meters footbridge was collectively taken up by three Village Employment Council (VECs ) – Nongbah, Marshillong and Jashiar, who completed the bridge in a record time of three months.
Speaking at the inaugural function, the Chief Minister informed that Meghalaya has earned the reputation of being one of the top performing States in terms of implementation of MG-NREGS and has received allocation of over Rs. 1600 crores budget, compared to even bigger States like Assam.
“We have a population of 30 lakh, and Assam has over 3 cr plus population, however, our spending has been better, so we were accorded higher allocation. Our per capita spending is close to Rs 17000 in wage component per beneficiaries,” he added.
Inspection of PMAY houses
Later, he also inspected the PMAY houses in the village and also handed over an ex-gratia amount of Rs. 50,000 to the family of Covid deceased at Sakwang village.
Today we inspected houses constructed under #PMAY scheme in Mawkyrwat C&RD Block. Happy to see the beautiful houses and the happiness that they have brought to the families.@girirajsinghbjp @MoRD_GOI pic.twitter.com/xOOjSzX7fw
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) July 28, 2021
It is to be mentioned that the deceased left behind nine children, the youngest being 15 days old.
He also held an interaction with community leaders and field functionaries on the fight against Covid-19 and encouraged the people of the area to come out for vaccination.
He also inspected the CHC at Mawkyrwat.
