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 PLASTIC A NECESSITY   

Meghalaya  has  the  distinction  in  the  whole  of  NorthEast  India  having  plastic  coated  roads.  This  technology  has  been  applied  in  the  Nongkynjeng  road  in  West  Khasi  Hills.  The  technology  is  now  being   applied  in  road  building  in  the  southern  states  of  the  country in  Tamilnadu  and  Karnataka.  It is the discovery of Rajagopalan Vasudevan, a chemistry professor in  Madurai.   The  trick  is  to  use  plastic  shredded waste  and  heated  up  with  bitumen.  According  to  the  World  Economic  Forum,  plastic  roads  are  more  durable, especially  in  changing  weather  like  floods,  extreme  cold  and   hot  weather  conditions.   Such  roads  would  have  no  cracks,  potholes  or  craters,   such  roads    are  strong  and  maintenance  free.  Plastic  has  therefore  become  a  necessary  item  in  the  making   of  roads  like  polythene  carry  bags, plastic  cups,  chips  packets.  For one kilometer of road  460  kilogram  of  plastic waste  is  needed at  the  cost  of  rupees  lakhs.      

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SPOKES WITHIN THE WHEEL 

 

The  Meghalaya  Democratic  Alliance  Government,  the  coming  together  of  national  and  regional    parties  to  keep  at  bay,  the   Congress  dominance  for  so  long has become  a  democratic  reality .  Yet  the  grouping  together  is  not  enough  as  everyone  tend  to  think  to go  about  doing  to  each  his  own ,  having  separate  programmes  and  policies.   All  these  parties  have  their  own  policies  and  priorities  but  there  should  be  a  basic  ground  working  foundation.  These  parties  have  their  own    spokes  which  however  should  be  within  a  single  wheel.   This  is  what  being  called  a cohesive  approach  and  functioning  of  the  Government.    There  has  to  be  a  give  and  take,  the  balancing   factor  being  important.  However,  there  would  be  no  problems  in  common  subjects  and  priorities towards implementation and execution of Government  decisions.  What needed  is  the  commonality  and  complementary  approach  of  the  Government’s  plans  and  programmes.   

 

 

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BANGLA PERMIT 

A  controversy  has   cropped  up,  when  Chief  Minister  Conrad  Sangma  has  come  up  with  an  idea  of  issuing  ‘work  permit’  for  citizens  of  neighbouring  Bangladesh,  which  is  somewhat  a  contrast   to the  demand  of  the  inner-line-permit,  restricting  people  to  come  into  the  state.  Conrad  has  caught  up  with  the  idea  that  countries  like  the  United  States, United  Kingdom, Dubai,   people  from  India  can  enter,  work  but  cannot  stay  or  become a  citizen.  This  has  however  become  a  tricky  question,  where  even  check-gates  along  national  highways  passing  through  the  state  have  failed  to  check  actual  illegal  infiltration. The  result  of  ‘work  permits’, would  open  a  flood  gate  of  ‘work  permit’  seekers,  who  would  melt  themselves  with  the  local  population, thus  creating  another  problem  of  citizenship  identification.  During  the  budget  session,  the  opposition  Congress  had  staged  a  walk  out,  being  the  first  time  in  the  new  assembly over  the  issue.    

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ORPHAN ROADS

In  the  face  of  the  Centre’s  decision    for  initiation  of  “orphan  roads”,  the  State  Government  has   failed   to  implement  ten  major  road  projects    in  state  and  national  highways,  though  these  roads  were  in  a  planning  process  for  a  long  time,  this  is  the  report  of  the  National  Highway  Infrastructure  Development  Corporation  Limited.  612  kilometers  of  roads   are just  lying  without  any  work  done,  a  wastage  of  Rs.  8,820 crore. Now  that  the  “open  road”  scheme  is  in  the  offing  for  developing  roads  between  two  states  of  the  North  Eastern  Region, the  Meghalaya  Government   should  not  lack  behind  in  taking  the  opportunity  to  be  part  of  this 1,000 crore  scheme  for  the  North  East.   

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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s stupendous performance in Meghalaya and Nagaland, especially its astounding victory in Tripura has been received with mixed reactions in Tamil Nadu. The ruling AIADMK in the State is immensely pleased over the outcome, as the insiders in the party point out that the strong BJP at the Centre would provide them an opportunity to survive, if not accelerate, at least till the next Lok Sabha elections slated for next year.

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Rasong village falls under the Mawkynrew Tehsil of East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. It is situated in a valley of some 500 metres below the beautiful canyon of Laitlum Village. It is 25 km away from sub-district headquarter Mawkynrew and 32 Km away from district headquarter Shillong. Mawkynrew is the nearest town to the village and Laitlum canyon is the nearest motorable village. The only way to reach the village is a rocky pavement which is about 1 Km long.

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