Shillong, Dec. 19 -- The Meghalaya government today handed over land at Umiam for the upcoming Taj Umiam Resort & Spa in the presence of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.
The five-star luxury resort, to be developed at a cost of Rs. 330 crore, will rise along the picturesque Umiam Lake in Ri Bhoi district.
Once completed, it will mark Meghalaya's fourth five-star property and the Taj Group's first flagship hotel in the state.
Tourism Minister Timothy D. Shira, Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) Chairman Marthon Sangma, and senior government officials were present at the ceremony.
Describing the handover of land as "historic", Chief Minister Sangma said that as early as 1988, Late P.A. Sangma had conceptualised Umiam as a premi...