Songsak, July 28 -- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today inaugurated the State's
first centrifuged latex manufacturing unit at Koksi Nengsat under Songsak Community & Rural Development Block in East Garo Hills district.
This is only the second such facility in the entire Northeast.
Rs 18.8 crore project, funded by the Meghalaya Basin Management Agency, is being implemented
by the Mendipathar Multipurpose Cooperative Society (MMCS) under the leadership of Sr Rose.
The unit is expected to directly benefit nearly 3,000 rubber farmers across the Garo Hills region by offering fair prices and eliminating middlemen in the rubber supply chain.
"This unit is a boon for Garo hills and the state as a whole, as it will benefit a ...