Shillong, Dec 1: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma inaugurated the new office building of the Directorate of Community & Rural Development at Lower Lachumiere, Shillong on Monday.
Addressing the occasion, the Chief Minister said, “C&RD department has been performing well with committed and focussed dedication in delivering schemes, projects and welfare activities to rural communities making a difference in the lives of the people in the villages.”
Sangma congratulated the department on the new office building saying, though infrastructure is important for efficient and productive delivery “It is the heart and the soul with which you work that makes the difference.”
He also emphasized that 80% of the population of the state is right under the people who are working in the C&RD department.
“You have a great responsibility and I urge you to continue to work with the same commitment and dedication,” he said.
Also present at the function were C&RD Minister Sosthenes Sohtun, Chief Secretary, Dr Shakil P Ahammed, Principal Secretary, C&RD, Sampath Kumar and Director, C&RD, SC Sadhu, among others.
