Shillong, Feb 10NNN: To stop the migration of rural populace to urban areas, the Meghalaya United Alliance government (MUA) will embark on a series of programmes that will thrust health care, education, road connectivity and rural developments.
\nThis was disclosed by the Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma at the inaugural function of a bridge that directly connects Ri Bhoi and Jaintia Hills district in Mawlasnai on Friday.
\nTouching on the migration pattern from the rural areas to urban areas as an issue of grave nature , Sangma said, \u201cLack of oppurtuinities and access to basic facilities right from health care, education and
\nemployment opportunities are the main factors to the migration of people from rural to urban areas\u201d.
\n\u201cWe want the rural population to be in their respective locations and these are the circumstances that prompted our government to prioritize the mentioned sectors,\u201d Mukul Sangma said.
\nApart from education and health care that the government desires to provide, road connectivity is another thrust area.
\n\u201cThis is to ensure the villagers for easy access to the markets and have gainful dividends from the harvest the villagers made\u201d, stated Sangma
\nMukul Sangma assured that the priorities laid by the state government will materialize soon due to the right inflow of funds from the centre.
\n The assurance to concretize the prior sector by the 13th FInance Commission scheduled to start from the next fiscal. <\/p>\n\n