Meghalaya to invest Rs 5,000 crore to promote tourism, says CM Sangma

Shillong: Betting big on the tourism sector of the state, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma has said that the state government will spend Rs 5,000 crore in the tourism sector in the next two years and it plans to create over 50,000 jobs in the state.

Sangma said this while addressing the convocation 2024 of the ICFAI University Meghalaya on Friday at the Convention Centre here.

Sangma said in the information technology (IT) sector the government plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore and generate over 20,000 jobs.

The CM asked the youths of the state to adapt to changes and said that submarine cables will be set up by a service provider to improve communication besides setting up of a three-tier data centre.

Sangma further said that optical fibres will reach every corner of the state and with this, the education scenario will change at the grassroots level and stressed that the job seekers should be ready to adapt to changes that are evolving.