By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The gazebo in front of OB Shopping Mall at Khyndailad will be converted to an embarkation / disembarkation points for the newly launched public transport system (PTS) with large open spaces.
Confirming this Director, Urban Affairs BK Panda,said, “We are negotiating with some of the firms to construct the base for PTS. We have not received the total buses and once that arrives around 6/7 embarkation / disembarkation will be required.”
It may be mentioned that the said gazebo had earlier turned . After it was reported in this daily in the past, the authorities though have removed the dwellers from inside but rampant dumping is continuing unabatedly still at this site.
The Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) is in the process of negotiation with parties from Guwahati and elsewhere and it is learnt that the ADB, engaged as an institutional development consultant, is facilitating the SMB to rope in private people for advertisement, how to maintain these bus sheds after construction.
“The government will quote the expression of interest,” said the Director on the present status of these bus sheds. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SMB Tableland Lyngwa said that the bus sheds will be coming up from Mawlai to Nongthymmai and the existing bus sheds in places such as Laban and elsewhere will be upgraded. “We have a bigger plan for the gazebo in Khyndailad with open spaces and a bus shed in one corner. The ADB is a consultant of the Board, which is giving us ideas for implementation,” said the CEO. On the status of the bus sheds to be laid in the city the CEO said, “We have entered into an agreement with Outreach, an advertisement agency, which will bear the cost of advertisements and the entire cost of construction.” (End)
