Mini secretariat in Tura is a big step by Govt: CM

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 21, 2023

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said he would be meeting the ACHIK group, which are staging an indefinite hunger strike demanding for a backlog policy and winter capital at Tura, during his next visit to Garo Hills.  

He said that the government is monitoring the situation very closely and has ensured the presence of an additional deputy commissioner, other officials and doctors at the protest venue at all times.

Sangma said regarding the demand for winter capital that the issue of development has always been important for the MDA government.

“If you look at Tura, now we are just starting the mini secretariat. Now the mini secretariat is a very big step and most of the organizations understand the impact of that and I am sure when I sit with the ACHIK group also that we will be able to explain to them the impact of a mini secretariat,” he said.

“There will be large investments as well as large administrative reforms taking place at Tura. Hence we will see overall improvement in the delivery of our schemes and the presence of administration in a much stronger manner in the coming days and coming years.”

He informed that the Governor’s House in Tura is on the verge of completion.

He said apart from that, the government is also strengthening many departments to ensure overall improvement in administration. “The process is on and the ultimate goal is to always ensure that development reaches the people and overall administration gets closer to the people and whatever ways and means we can find out to do that, the government is exploring and implementing,” he added.