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  No road, No Vote

There would be no elections in nine villages in the Mairang constituency of East Khasi Hills, as a mark of protest against the negligence of the government for not repairing a six kilometre road from Laitarted to Nonglyput. The Hynnniewtrep Youth Council along with the residents of these villages have taken the task upon themselves in repairing the road. These villages include Pyrda, Pyrdathymmai, Nongmynsain, Nonglyput, Sohksar (A), Sohksar Sohkhwai, Rimshylla and Khyllem.

The Sorkar of village Nongmynsain Nonglyput, Biren Nongrum has said the people were compelled to take upon themselves because of the adamant attitude of the government and also public leaders and representatives. 

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Mudra Promotion Campaign inaugurated in Shillong

The Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre in the presence of Zenith Sangma and other State Government officials  inaugurate the Mudra Promotion Campaign.The campaign is being organised in all over 50 locations across the country between September 27 and October 17 as the Centre aims to promote Mudra loans, financial inclusion schemes, and digital payment methods.

The aim of this Mudra Campaign is to help and provide platform to young entrepreneur to set up business or and be sufficient in their profession. Speaking at the official function here in Shillong the Union Minister said that ‘Pradhan Mantri Yojna’ and ‘Stand Up’ India are the two major scheme initiated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi which will bring up transformation to millions of youth by providing formal access to financial support. This will enable the youth to be self sufficient and self employment. The beneficiaries of the such schemes include Scheduled tribe, scheduled castes and especially woman where one can take up loan ranging from lakhs to crores rupees.

Zenith Sangma the Minister of Taxation reminds the people that illiteracy and lack of connectivity are the main problems regarding the setting up of banks especially in rural areas. The state has a total of 395 branches out which 51 percent are located in the rural areas, yet people are not aware of digital marketing or e-commerce. The Minister asked all the bankers to make it compulsory in providing awareness programme to people in rural areas about such schemes.

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India’s First Boat Clinic

The Brahmaputra River runs over 891 km through Assam with vast network of islands and home to the most vulnerable communities in the state. With more than 2.5 million people living on some over 2,500 islands in Assam they represent 8 percent of the total population in the state. For centuries the river has been a source of life for the people of northeast especially Assam. Yet every year due to floods, millions of people are displaced, crops, livestock and properties are destroyed. Health problem are of major concern due the inaccessibility to medical aid.

Most of these islands lack basic infrastructure and services especially in health care. Post the flood event, the major problem faced by people especially those living away from the mainland of Assam is the access to medicines and sustained health care. People had to travel long distances at great cost and risk to get medical attention. The people dwelling among these islands frequently lost pregnant women and children due to lack of access to basic health care.

It was only in June 2004-2005 when Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika the Managing Trustee for the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) launched a unique initiative to tackle the challenges faced by the Island dwellers. The service provided by C-NES comes virtually to their doorstep with the help of dedicated and extremely hard working team of medical personnel.

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Parties Coalition

Inspite of the United Democratic Party (UDP) pre poll alliance with the Hills State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP), the political equation in the West Khasi Hills, ha remarkably changed with the entrance of the National People party (NPP), in areas like Mawkyrwat, where the veteran Congress leader, Rowell Lyngdoh, built up the party for the last 35 years, has been dumped, by the present leadership of Chief minister Mukul Sangma.

Bah Rowell Lyngdoh has revealed that in fighting within the Congress leadership and party members. Being a former Deputy Chief minister, he had did his best for the sake of development, in the six constituencies of West Khasi Hills, also for popularising the Congress, but his efforts were not appreciated.