Meghalaya CM inaugurates NE's biggest bottling plant in Mendipathar

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....eghalaya CM inaugurates NE's biggest bottling plant in Mendipathar<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 30-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Resubelpara, Jul 30 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated a Rs 340-crore PepsiCo bottling plant at Medipathar town in North Garo Hills District, officials said. Mendipathar is the only town in the state having a railway head. Calling the project a "bless....

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....ing" for the state, Sangma said, "This is a symbol of the economic growth that Meghalaya is on track to achieve. Nobody would have ever imagined that the largest bottling plant in the NE would be right here in Mendipathar." He said the project would raise aspirations among the youth and stimulate ancillary industries. "We can anticipate that different avenues will come up in the region," he said....

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..... Spread across 37 acres in the Mendipathar Industrial Area, the bottling unit is expected to generate direct and indirect employment for hundreds of people in the region. Recalling the long-delayed promise of industrial development in Garo Hills, the CM said the Mendipathar industrial area was conceptualised in the 1990s, but saw no investment for over 30 years. "There was hope and expectation....

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...., which never got fulfilled," he said, paying tribute to the vision of his late father and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma. "Today is a day of hope and fulfilment of that vision he had for Mendipathar and Meghalaya in general," Sangma said, while thanking local Nokmas and residents for donating land for the industrial area decades ago. Sangma said the plant would also lead to economic growth....

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.... in Mendipathar through increased demand for housing, retail and other services. He further announced that another beverage plant is being set up in the Tikrikilla-Bajengdoba region, with 90 per cent of construction work already completed. Deputy Speaker Timothy D Shira, Power Minister A T Mondal, PHE Minister Marcuise Marak, MIDC Chairman James K Sangma and other MLAs were present at the inaugu....

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....ral event. The CM also thanked Varun Beverages Chairman Ravikant Jaipuria and Varun Jaipuria for their commitment. "Ravikant ji is a visionary. Though the target was nine months, the project was completed in 11 months," he said, lauding the company's time-bound execution. PTI JOP MNB<BR> News - Press release - PIB....