Industrial zones to come up in New Shillong area

The purpose is to regulate the construction of the buildings in industrial zonesin  Mawhanu and Mawkasiang under the new Shillong township.

Lyngdoh said, “Thr amendment is broadly to facilitate the need to categorize the industrial zones as categorisation was not done earlier  and it involves the amendment of the building bylaws for these industrial zones.”

“As you are aware the expansion that is happening currently specially in the new Shillong city has to be planned in a very scientific manner, which is why we need this new sets of bylaws for the industrial zones to be in place and these were considered and approved by the cabinet,” he said.

The minister said the new regulation would be applicable in designated industrial estates across Meghalaya because the urbanization is an ever ongoing process and it is expanding.

“But as of date, certain categories of buildings have not been duly notified and therefore, there is a need to regulate such buildings, there is need to categorize them to define the FAR of each of the categories, setbacks, all of those issues. Hence, there is need to regulate such buildings and therefore, the cabinet decided in view of the growing urbanization and the emergence of new urban centres so within these industrial zones and estates, the categorization of these buildings and their applicability of the bylaws will be extended to those industrial zones. These are all for the industrial estates/zones and wherever such activities are taking place so right now new Shillong is the immediate point of attention but it will be across the state wherever such industrial estates are being created,” he said.

When asked whether the government has notified industrial zones in the new Shillong city, Lyngdoh said, “No, in areas like Mawkhanu and areas like Mawkasiang, we will have these industrial zones and within areas already acquired by government of Meghalaya.”