Amit Shah inaugurates Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme in Meghalaya’s Cherrapunji

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The Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma inaugurated the much-awaited and prestigious “Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme” at Sohra, also known as Cherrapunji, in Meghalaya.
Under this project, pure drinking water will be provided through taps to Sohra Town and 12 other habitations close to Sohra in East Khasi Hills. For this, the government will tap the stream sources of Wah Lyngksiar waterfall and Law Sanlait spring.
The Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme was proposed by the government of Meghalaya and funded by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in 2019, at an amount of Rs 24.08 crore.
Apart from this, Shah also launched the ‘Sohra Afforestation Project’, a joint initiative of the Assam Rifles and the Meghalaya government. He also planted a tree saplings under the project.