Record lifting of foodgrains by Meghalaya

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

SHILLONG, May 11 - Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today said Meghalaya is one of the leading states in lifting foodgrains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY.)

Sangma said: �Meghalaya has lifted 5,8215 MT foodgrains during the lockdown period and has created a record nationally with 95 per cent lifting and 100 per cent utilisation.�

�Despite having limited storage capacity and having faced various constraints in inter-state movement during the pandemic period, we were still able to lift our share of foodgrains, he said.

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