New Delhi, Oct 22: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mr Conrad K. Sangma today met Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and discussed several issues pertaining to the development of the State and in particular the infrastructure for upcoming national Games in Shillong.
The Chief Minister in the meeting with the Prime Minister in Delhi today take up the issued for the development of games infrastructure for the upcoming National Games to be hosted by the State including the project under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment that is pending in the Cabinet.
The Chief Minister also gave a proposal for other important infrastructure for the National Games. The Prime Minister has asked the Chief Minister to look into the projects for its early completion in time for the National Games.
The financial package for completing major infrastructural projects which include the completion of the construction of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, funding will be from a special corpus for the States from the Prime Minister Office.
The Chief Minister also today gave a proposal amounting to about a thousand cores. On the proposal given by the Chief Minister Mr Cornad, the Prime Minister gave a positive reply that he will look into it also.
In the meeting the Chief Minister has invited the Prime Minister for the Water Conference and the launch of the Piggery Mission and inauguration of NIFT Shillongon the invitation the Prime will intimate later.
In the meeting the Mr Conrad also apprised prime minister that a delegation led by the Chief Minister will be visiting Bangladesh in November this year with a view to establish better economic ties with the neighbouring country and work on a plan to increase the exports of Meghalaya and work towards making sure that the economy of Meghalaya is doubled in the coming years.
