Meghalaya to Have Winter Capital

Shillong, Jun 9 : Meghalaya is likely to have a winter capital in Tura, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma announced Tuesday.

Tura, district headquarters of West Garo Hills, is about 340 km from from Shillong.

Garo Hills is name after the tribe that inhabited the area while Shillong, the Meghalaya capital, is dominated by the tribal Khasi.

'Construction of the annexe Raj Bhavan in Tura will begin this fiscal,' Sangma told the assembly.