SHILLONG:
The proposal for the second phase of the new Assembly building construction has been accepted, said Speaker Thomas A. Sangma on Thursday.
The High Powered Committee on the construction of the new Assembly building met at a hotel in the city.
In his brief, the Speaker said that the HPC, Assembly Secretariat, and line departments have accepted the proposal for the second phase and the proposal will be submitted to the DoNER ministry.
He also informed that the agendas taken up were a review of the progress of construction of the main building, a proposal for the second phase of construction, and a presentation on security systems.
Apart from the Speaker, the meeting was attended by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, Deputy Chief Ministers Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar, and other legislators and officers of various line departments.