Governor’s House Tura almost complete

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Sept 20: Construction of the Governor’s House at Tura, West Garo Hills is likely to be completed by March next year.

In his reply to a starred question tabled in the Assembly today, GAD Minister Rakkam A Sangma said that the time of completion for the balance works is 12 months from the date of issue of final work order that is by March 24, 2024.

The time of completion of the additional works is 12 months from the date of issue of the Final work order which is by January 2024, he added.

The original administrative approval was accorded on September 7, 2009. The foundation stone was laid on August 6, 2010

The administrative approval for the balance works was accorded on December 2, 2020 and administrative approval for additional works was accorded on October 27, 2022.

The original tender was floated on November 14, 2009, and the tender for the balance works was floated on December 3, 2020. The tender for additional works was floated on October 28, 2022.

The minister said that the original sanctioned amount is Rs 5,47,89,000.

“Sanctioned amount for balance works is Rs 10,97,87,971. The sanctioned amount for additional works Rs 7,68,81,960. Therefore, the total amount sanctioned is Rs 24,14,58,931,” he added.

TGCSU urges power minister to reduce load shedding hours

The Tura Government College Students’ Union (TGCSU) on Friday requested the Power Minister Abu Taher Mondal to reduce the hours of load shedding in view of students preparing and writing their semester examinations.

In a statement, TGCSU president Anand Ch Momin said that the union feels that it is not advisable to have long hours of load shedding as it is going to have a bad impact on the studies of the students.

“Having more than 10-15 hours of load shedding is unbearable, especially during summer not only for students but the person of any age. We would like to make an appeal to the power minister to make amends to the load shedding hours and reduce the hours considering also the fact that students are preparing and writing their exams as well,” he said.