Shillong, Sept 2: The State government has sought financial assistance of over Rs 100 crore from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for implementation of two water supply schemes at Sohïong and Baghmara.

Informing this on Monday, Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister, Samlin Malngiang said the proposals include Rs 48 crore for the Greater Sohiong Water Supply Scheme and Rs 60 crore for the Baghmara Water Supply Scheme.

“We are trying to get financial assistance under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) and Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for the two water supply projects,” Malngiang said.

The Sohïong water supply scheme would benefit around 2,000 households in 20 villages.

He said the decision taken in as far as Baghmara, which is the district headquarter of South Garo Hills, is concerned was after seeing the hardship faced by the people due to water scarcity.

Meanwhile, Malngiang informed the Jowai water supply scheme has been completed. However, the department is still waiting for the power department to provide electricity connection for starting the supply of water to the beneficiaries, he added.