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Shillong: Rajya Sabha MP Prof. Rakesh sinha, who has been in the spotlight for adopting the village of Meghalayas Kongthong, said on Tuesday he wanted to develop the village in a way that Bollywood flocked to him.
Comparing Kongthong to Srinagar in Kashmir, he said he found Kongthong much better than Srinagar, but it requires adequate infrastructure to attract people like Bollywood.
I invite people from Bollywood to come and visit this place for their movies, but my ultimate goal is to achieve this without disturbing the local culture and nature, Sinha said.
Rajya Sabha’s MP, who was on hand to visit Kongthong and take stock of the village’s problems, said he also met with Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma.
Elaborating on her meeting with the CM, Sinha said one of the issues they discussed was Shillong’s road connectivity. He said the CM immediately ordered the reconstruction of the road.
I am also grateful that he allocated 1 crore rupees for the development of tourism in Kongthong. He is very serious about the development of Kongthong, Sinha said.
The MP has now proposed to adopt three more villages Mawmang, Mawsohmad and Sder and said that a group of 12 villages can form a group and there can be a cooperative system focused on the broom and honey industry. so that residents can benefit directly.
Sinha added that he had proposed the establishment of a laboratory and museum in Kongthong and other neighboring villages to preserve knowledge and share information about the unique practice of whistling that is local in the region.
The MP is also pushing to develop various tourist sites in Kongthong so that it can generate income, thereby providing employment opportunities for locals.
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