The Public Health Engineering
Department of Government of Meghalaya was created under the Chief Engineer, PWD
(R&B) PHE, till 1st April, 1972. This Department functioned as a separate
wing of the PWD (R&B) headed by Additional Chief Public Health Engineer
Meghalaya Shillong.
Subsequently, the post of Additional Chief Public Health
Engineer Meghalaya , Shillong was up graded to the post of Chief Public Health
Engineer, Meghalaya, Shillong with effect from 2nd of April, 1972. The Public
Health Engineering Department functioned independently and became fully a
separate Department.
The Chief Public Health Engineer was also appointed as Ex-Officio Additional
Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, PHE Department with effect from from
the December, 1973, with separate Secretary for Public Health Engineering
Department. Initially, the Public Health Engineering Department was headed be
the Additional Chief Public Health Engineer with 1 (one) Executive Engineer,
(PHE) Investigation and Planning with 2 (two) SDOs (PHE) attached to the office
of the Additional Chief Public Health Engineer, Meghalaya, Shillong.
The Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Meghalaya, Started
functioning with t wo
number of working Divisions with limited staff, i.e. PHE Hills
Division,Shillong and PHE Tura,
Division. Subsequently, due to increased volume
of works, 4 (four) circle, 17 (seventeen) working Divisions
and 36 (thirty six)
working Sub-Division 1 (one) Sub-division i.e. SDO (PHE) G.S.W.S. Distribution
Sub-Division yet to function.The Public Health Engineering Department under the
Government of Meghalaya is run by one Principal Secretary, one Commissioner
& Secretary and assisted by one Under
Secretary.
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