Meghalaya State Olympic Association calls on Sports Minister
Staff Reporter
Shillong, March 17: Officials of the Meghalaya State Olympic Association (MSOA) called on the new Minister in-charge Sports and Youth Affairs Shakliar Warjri at his official chamber yesterday.
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During the first meeting, a number of issues were discussed including the programs conducted jointly between the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs and the MSOA.
The officials of MSOA also informed the minister that as per the Constitution of the MSOA the sports minister is also ex-officio President of the Meghalaya State Olympic Association.
John F Kharshiing, Working President, MSOA and Finely L Pariat, General Secretary, extended invitation to the minister to spare time to visit the MSOA office at JN Stadium so as to enable MSOA to invite all the presidents and secretaries of the various state associations under its umbrella to interact and meet him.
The minister has agreed to visit the office MSOA at an appropriate time after the upcoming session of the Meghalaya Assembly.
The meeting was also attended by Matsiewdor War Nongbri, Vice President, MSOA & President Meghalaya Archery Association, Paia War Nongbri, Secretary, Meghalaya Archery Association, Dipshon Rynthathiang, P Laloo, EH Passah Executive Council Member, MSOA including Ian Campbell, Olympian and other sports officials.
Meghalaya PHE Minister Marcuise N Marak to review PHE mode of functioning
Staff Reporter
Shillong, March 10: Minister in charge of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Marcuise N Marak today said he would aggressively monitor the implementation of funds sanctioned by the central government for providing drinking water to the people of Meghalaya.
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After chairing his first meeting with the top officials of the department, Marak told reporters that they have apprised him of the position of the department and that he has decided to immediately review the functioning of the department on Saturday.
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The PHE minister said that the state has been getting funds from the Government of India, which is investing to provide drinking water facilities in the state while asserting that this needs to be implemented properly so that for the next 30 years the state will not have any problem.
“Therefore, I will monitor aggressively and I will personally inspect the projects wherever the projects are being constructed and I will make sure our Meghalaya state in terms of PHE department whatever money the central government is giving is implemented properly,” he assured.
On the issue of scarcity of water supply, Marak said, “I will try to find out what is the reason behind the scarcity. Of course, as you are aware most of the catchment areas are drying up. Maybe because of that also scarcity is there. Otherwise, if the department is having problems in bringing water to the people, if that is also there I will check and ensure it is implemented properly.”
He also assured to ensure proper implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission which is to provide functional water taps to every household in the state.