Meghalaya's Shillong-Tura-Nongstoin-Rongjeng road was sanctioned in 2010 at Rs 1,303 crore. Sixteen years later, it still isn't finished — but the budget has ballooned to Rs 2,366 crore through what officials gracefully call 'multiple revisions.' An FIR has now been filed against 9 people including senior PWD engineers and contractors from Telangana and Haryana.
In 2010, Meghalaya sanctioned a road to connect Shillong to Tura via Nongstoin and Rongjeng for Rs 1,303 crore. In 2026, the road is still not fully built — but through the magic of 'multiple revisions,' the cost has grown to Rs 2,366 crore, with a confirmed loss of at least Rs 91 crore to the exchequer. This is what happens when your road project runs longer than a PhD program. Police have now filed an FIR against nine people, including senior Meghalaya PWD engineers and private contractors imported all the way from Telangana and Haryana — because apparently the contractors who were going to not-build the road needed to be specifically recruited from 2,000 km away. The project has outlived two Prime Ministers, three Chief Ministers, and the concept of commuting between Shillong and Tura. Commuters still make the 320 km trip on the pre-2010 alignment, presumably the same way their grandparents did.