Releasing a booklet, 100 days in office, highlighting the major programmes completed by the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government, the chief minister admitted that a majority of its achievements were initiated by the previous governments but added that they were completed within 100 days of his new government.
He said this was an occasion to look back upon what the government had achieved and what it was planning to do in future.
“We also want to see that there is transparency in the implementation of the projects so that development touches the grassroots,” he added.
The chief minister said his government wanted to see every body in the state being benefited from its programmes and policies.
The booklet says there is a decline in the activities of Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, a Khasi hills-based militant group so far as law and order was concerned.
“Besides maintaining close vigil, the government carried out operations to thwart the anti-national activities of Ulfa, the UPDS (United People’s Democratic Solidarity), the DHD (J) (Dima Halam Daogah-Jewel) and the KNV (Karbi National Volunteers) in our territory and on the inter-state border with Assam,” the booklet says.
The Congress-led government also takes credit for improving the power scenario in the state by commissioning various power projects.
In the heath sector, the booklet says the government has implemented the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to provide health insurance coverage to families below the poverty line.
In social welfare, the government claims to have initiated statewide sensitisation programmes on combating crime against women in all the district headquarters. The programmes draw participants from police and health departments as well as non-governmental organisations.
The booklet also mentions the government’s initiative to boost tourism by developing Umiam lake and other tourist spots in the state and highlights its achievements in the field of sports, infrastructure (roads), water supply, agriculture, rural development and education.