Shillong, Sept. 17 -- Meghalaya now has a state guest house of its own.

This comes after a prolonged wait of 25 years.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma unveiled the Taraghar facility on Tuesday.

The Rs 24.91 crore state-of-the-art guest house, near the Ward's Lake in Shillong, will help the government not reply on rented places for official programmes.

"When the government took office in 2018, Meghalaya lacked basic state symbols such as an emblem or an anthem and all of which have since been established under this administration, including the newly inaugurated guest house," Sangma said during the inauguration ceremony.

Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong spoke on the long wait.

"It took 25 years, from 2000 to 2025, to finally have ...