Shillong, Aug 15 (UNI) The Independence Day was celebrated across Meghalaya on Saturday with Chief Minister Conrad Sangma hoisting the Tricolour at Polo Ground here and launched a ‘Restart Meghalaya Mission’ to revive the State economy, which has been hit hard due to COVID-19 pandemic.
“This mission comprises a series of programs to support our farmers, and entrepreneurs and to build growth promoting basic infrastructure and services. We are calling this mission ‘Restart’ because we want to revive and give a push to the different development activities that were brought to a standstill by COVID,” Sangma said.
He said the Mission was based on the recommendations of the Chief Minister's Task Force on the Economy on short, medium and long term measures for reviving the State economy, which has been hit hard due to the pandemic.