Shillong, Jun 18: Two high-profile guests will be in Meghalaya over three days at the end of the week – Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Sitharaman will be in the state on June 19-20 to attend a seminar on ‘Leveraging Externally Aided Projects in the North-Eastern States’ in Shillong and to inaugurate and review several projects. Singh will then follow on June 21 with a visit to the Indian Air Force base in Upper Shillong.
Sitharaman’s visit will begin on June 19 with the inauguration and inspection of the North East’s largest organic spice processing plant at Bhoirymbong in Ri-Bhoi, which is managed by Eastern Ri Bhoi Organic Farmer Producer Company.
Later that same day, she will address a programme at U Soso Tham Auditorium here on the progress of externally aided projects in Meghalaya and lay the foundation stone for a new EAP-funded project worth Rs 1,200 crore.
The following day Sitharaman will travel to West Jaintia Hills for a session with students of Kiang Nangbah Government College in Jowai, followed by the inauguration of the Khliehtyrshi Primary Health Centre.
Singh, meanwhile, will attend and participate in the IAF’s observance of International Yoga Day, which falls on June 21. It is not known whether he will attend any further programmes in the state.
