Shillong, Nov 10: The Joint Action Committee against the Shillong Peak Ropeway project will meet South Shillong MLA and cabinet minister Sanbor Shullai on Wednesday.
The JAC’s protest, which started on November 6, at the statue of Kiang Nangbah near Shillong Civil Hospital entered its fifth day today.
Linda Marbaniang, the JAC general secretary, said that the protestors have not yet received any reply to their demand to move the project away from Shillong Peak but she said that Shullai has called for a meeting with them tomorrow. The JAC had previously criticised the MLA for not engaging with them even though most of the protesters are from his constituency.
“We will agitate until the government scraps this project. From the beginning we stand on the principle that the project will dry up the water sources since we all know that Lum Shyllong is a catchment area,” Marbaniang said.
Even if the government says that the project will not affect the water sources, she reiterated that for the residents it is a catchment area and they know that the ropeway will dry up the area.
Apart from the JAC members, Shullai has also invited various stakeholders under Riat Laban Pyllun for the meeting. If Shullai can get the government to back down on the project, it would be a blessing to him, Marbaniang added.
