Shillong, Sep 23: Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Marcuise Marak on Tuesday informed that the much-awaited Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme-Phase III has achieved over 70 per cent progress and is likely to be commissioned by March next year.

Marak said that earlier hurdles related to land acquisition have been resolved. “Now that the issue has been sorted, full-scale construction will kick off very soon,” he assured.

At present, Shillong and the surrounding areas require 5.58 crore litres of water daily but receive only 4.17 crore litres—a deficit of 1.40 crore litres.

Localities such as Mawlai highlight the crisis starkly: demand there stands at 92.5 lakh litres, while supply meets just 64.7 lakh litres, leaving a shortfall of nearly 28 lakh litres every day.

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