Meghalaya: Amit Shah inaugurates Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited the erstwhile wettest place on earth - Sohra (Cherrapunjee) to inaugurate the Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme.
Accompanied by Union Ministers Kishan Reddy, BL Verma and Jitendra Singh, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and officials of the Assam Rifles, Shah reached Sohra today morning to also take part in the Green Sohra plantation drive.
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Shah inaugurated the Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme funded by the DoNER ministry under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) with a sanction amount of ₹2481.25 lakh.
He also planted tree saplings in Sohra as part of the Sohra Afforestation Project of the Assam Rifles.
According to CM Conrad Sangma, this is a first of its kind initiative of the Government of Meghalaya to bring together the Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence officials, and village communities for a novel and humanitarian purpose in the field of Natural Resource Management in a very important and ecologically fragile landscape.
(Edited by Ibankyntiew Mawrie)
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