Meghalaya Government Revieves Preparedness for Monsoon Season

Shillong: The state of Meghalaya has initiated its preparations for the upcoming monsoon season. A review meeting for the preparedness to handle the monsoons was undertaken on Friday in the capital city of Shillong. 

The meeting regarding the state’s preparedness to handle monsoon rains was chaired by Sanjay Goyal, the Commissioner and Secretary in charge of the Revenue and Disaster Management department. Senior officials of multiple departments participated in this meeting and presented with updates on steps taken in order to mitigate the possible damages and ensure the well being of the citizens. Representatives of the health, public health engineering, public works department, state disaster response force, civil defence, education and IMD attended this review meeting. In charge officials of relief operations in all the districts of the state also attended this meeting. 

Talking to the media, Sanjay Goyal mentioned that the monsoon season usually begins in the first week of June in Meghalaya and that the date is well prepared in terms of the rains. He also mentioned that a fund of around Rs 20 Crores has been placed with the deputy commissioners of each of the districts to handle any kind of emergency situation that might arise. 

Previously, a flood preparedness review meeting held among UNICEF, RMC, MHIDCL, ASDMA, and other stakeholders, including DCs, resulted in several decisions being taken in view of the approaching flood season in the state of Assam.

Chief Secretary Ravi Kota was informed by the Food & Civil Supplies department that they have requested the government of India to allocate 20,000 MT of OMSS (Open Market Sale Scheme) rice to Assam, but no communication regarding this has been received as yet. So, the department urged the Chief Secretary to take up the matter with the Centre to expedite the allocation.

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