Shillong Oct 23 PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday claimed that his government has spent Rs 50000 crore on the states development in the last three-and-a-half years Sangma along with his cabinet colleague Sniawbhalang Dhar was campaigning in Umpling area of Shillong for his National Peoples Party candidate Pyniaid Sing Syiem for the by-election to Mawryngkneng assembly seat scheduled on October 30 We have spent over Rs 50000 crore on the development of Meghalaya in the last three-and-a-half years This is more than what any past government in our state had done the chief minister said while addressing a rally here The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government has also constructed 1800 km of roads in the last three-and-a-half years while past governments had built a maximum of 700 km of roads during their tenure We have been able to reduce malnutrition by 90 per cent since 2018 The state administration now spends Rs 1500 crore on MGNREGA every year while previous governments spent a maximum of Rs 600 crore in the past he said Sangma said the candidature of Syiem who is the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council chairman is backed by the ruling alliance comprising the United Democratic Party Peoples Democratic Front Hill State Peoples Democratic Party and the BJP He claimed that previous Meghalaya governments had failed to resolve the boundary issue with Assam due to political insensitivity Our government has dared to take up the boundary issue as we realised that people have given us the verdict to find a solution to it We have moved forward and there is light at the end of the tunnel We will find some level of resolution Sangma said The chief minister said that his government has constituted a committee to look into the Punjabi Lane issue There are complicated issues but we will resolve them he said Sangma said that his government has moved a resolution to demand for inclusion of Garo and Khasi languages in the eighth schedule By-election to Mawryngkneng Mawphlang and Rajabala assembly seats will be held on October 30 It was necessitated by the demise of sitting MLAs PTI JOP ACD ACD