Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday said that the state needs to achieve 11.5 percent annual growth (GDP) to fructify its ambitious target of touching the 10 billion US dollar economy by 2028.

“At present, the state has an economy of Rs 45,000 crore, which needs to be improved. It is a herculean task but as a government, we have planned the roadmap to achieve the target,” he said while laying the foundation of the Rs 100 crore Bulk Water Supply Project at Ballonggre, Tura, in West Garo Hills district.

The foundation for the “Bulk Water Supply to Adjoining Rural Villages of Tura Town” project was laid in the presence of Speaker Thomas Sangma, PHE Minister Marcuise Marak and Lok Sabha MP Agatha Sangma.

The project, estimated at close to Rs 100 crore, is funded by the Ministry of DoNER under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS).

On completion, it will provide water to about 41 villages under the Rongram, Rerapara and Gambegre blocks of West and South West Garo Hills districts. It will also increase the water supply to the urban area of Tura town.

In the absence of the project, these villages were dependent on the Tura Urban Water Supply Scheme. The project will be a river pumping scheme from the Ganol River. The scheme comprises pump houses, construction of reservoirs, treatment plant, water pumping, staff quarters, etc.

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