Meghalaya govt informs NWDA of no intra-state river links

Shillong, Jul 16 (UNI) The Meghalaya government has informed the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) that it has not mooted any proposal for intra-state links connecting the state through river waterways.

Official sources said here today that the Meghalaya government's response came in the wake of the NWDA's request to all the state governments and union territories to provide information about their river waterways.

The NWDA had requested all the state governments and union territories to inform in detail about their intra-state river links for further studies by the agency.

The NWDA would prepare pre-feasibility/feasibility reports of the intra-state links after receiving the proposals and approvals from the respective states and union territories, the sources added.

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