The ongoing construction of the new building of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly has been affected to a great extent due to the “absence” of the labourers.

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday said that the collapse of a retaining wall has got nothing to do and will not have any impact on the ongoing construction of the new Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang.

Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Thomas A Sangma, on Tuesday conducted an inspection of the new Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang and chaired a review meeting regarding the project which was attended by Deputy Speaker, Timothy D Shira, along with Dr. Andrew Simons, Commissioner & Secretary of the Meghalaya Assembly, and officials from various line departments and the Assembly Secretariat.

Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma on Wednesday said that the construction of the new Assembly building is likely to be completed within this year

He informed that the HPC, Assembly Secretariat, and line departments have accepted the proposal for the second phase and the proposal will be submitted to the Ministry of DoNER.

Shillong, May 29: The German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party’s Member of Parliament, Florian Müller, as part of his five days visit to the...