Guwahati, June 29 -- A fresh dispute has erupted over the delayed launch of Meghalaya's Khasi Traditional Medicine Institute, with the Centre of Learning, Knowledge and Services (COLKS) accusing the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) of handing over an incomplete facility that lacked basic infrastructure despite an investment of Rs 9.47 crore.

The organisation issued the statement after KHADC Chief Executive Member Winston Tony Lyngdoh, during the Council's Summer Session, questioned why the Lum Sohpetbneng institute had not been made operational nearly two years after it was leased to COLKS.

He had also stated that the premises remained unattended and that the Council had not received any revenue under the annual lease agr...