India
Row over luxury resort project on island in manmade Meghalaya lake
Brief
A conservation group wants the government not to use Lumpongdeng Island for the proposed five-star facility; Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said there would be no construction on the manmade island
A conservation group has locked horns with the Meghalaya government over a proposed luxury resort on an island in a manmade lake at Umiam, about 20 kilometres from the State’s capital, Shillong.
Meghalaya’s Department of Tourism and the Indian Hotels Company Limited inked an agreement less than a year ago to build the ₹330-crore Taj Umiam Luxury Resort and Spa on 66 acres. Land for the project was formally handed over in December 2025.
