Shillong, Nov 8: The state government will appoint a full-time managing director (MD) for the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL).
Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters on Tuesday that the government received 4-5 applications after the expression of interest.
“Let us see as these applications have to be ultimately endorsed to the chief secretary being the chairman of the search committee. He will do all the screening and examining as to who will be the best technocrat to the post of MD in MeECL. The process is on and very soon it will be completed,” he said.
The responsibility of the MD is to look after the corporation and the three subsidiaries so that he will be able to improve and transform the functioning of the MeECL.
The state cabinet had in June approved the proposal to segregate the post of a chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) for improving the overall functioning and performance of the corporation and its three subsidiaries – Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Ltd (MePGCL), Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (MePDCL) and Meghalaya Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (MePTCL).
The chairman of the MeECL will be the power minister who will be the non-executive chairman of the board while the chairman of the other three subsidiaries will be the chief secretary or the additional chief secretary or the principal secretary in-charge of power.
Shillong-Dawki road project
Tynsong recently reviewed the construction of the 95 kilometer Shillong-Dawki road project.
Hw said during the meeting, officials of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) informed that the tender process for the two packages of the project is almost complete.
“The NHIDCL will soon approve the financial bid and once that is done fresh work orders will be issued,” he said.
The NHIDCL called for retendering after contractors implementing package 1 and package 5 have surrendered the work recently.
The road project is funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with Rs 1187.5 crore. With land acquisition, the total project cost would be around Rs 1377.5 crore.