Nongstoin-Wahkaji project back

on track
Last updated Nov 16, 2021

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma inspects the Nongstoin-Wahkaji road on Monday.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma inspects the Nongstoin-Wahkaji road on Monday.

SHILLONG, Nov 15: Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma on Monday said

work on the long-pending Nongstoin-Wahkaji road would begin
immediately and the contractor has been given necessary instruction
in this regard.
Sangma inspected the Nongstoin-Wahkaji road which has been in a
state of dilapidation for a long time and said that the road will be
constructed under Special Accelerated Road Development
Programme (SARDP-NE) of the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways, at a cost of Rs 302 crore.
The government had earlier scrapped the proposal for construction
of a two-lane road from Nongstoin to Mawthabah via Wahkaji, a
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 village known for its rich deposits of high grade uranium, after
pressure groups raised objection. They fear that construction of the
road would facilitate uranium mining in the area.
In order to revive the project, the government has changed the
nomenclature and alignment of the proposed two-lane road and is
set to complete the project in two phases. In the first phase, the road
will be constructed from Nongstoin to Wahkaji.
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