{"id":203537,"date":"2022-10-29T00:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=203537"},"modified":"2022-10-29T00:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:07:44","slug":"meghalaya-considering-shifting-secretariat-to-new-shillong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/meghalaya-considering-shifting-secretariat-to-new-shillong\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghalaya considering shifting secretariat to New Shillong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SHILLONG, 28 Oct:<\/strong> The Meghalaya government is considering shifting the state secretariat and other administrative offices to New Shillong township in a bid to decongest the capital, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, along with Urban Affairs Minister S Dhar and top officials of the state government visited several sites in the new township, being developed around 12 kms away from Shillong, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have come here to visit Mawdiangdiang, Mawpat and Mawkasiang to see the possibility of shifting the entire secretariat and the government departments here,&#8221; Sangma told reporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are examining the possibility, and contemplating which is going to be a better option for the state and its people,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A land of about 220 acres in Mawdiangdiang has been identified to build the secretariat and other important offices, besides accommodation, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other offices and administrative buildings can be allotted land at Mawpdang, adjacent to Mawdiangdiang, the chief minister said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHILLONG, 28 Oct: The Meghalaya government is considering shifting the state secretariat and other administrative offices to New Shillong township in a bid to decongest the capital, officials said. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, along with Urban Affairs Minister S Dhar and top officials of the state government visited several sites in the new township, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-203537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}