SHILLONG: The North East Frontier Railway is awaiting the no objection certificate (NOC) from KHADC to acquire land for the proposed Byrnihat-Shillong railway line.
Officials from NF Railway recently met the State Chief Secretary in this connection, sources said on Monday adding that the chief Secretary, however, could not give any assurance.
It is learnt that NFR in October-November last year had submitted a detailed plan to the State Government regarding the proposed rail project.
It may be mentioned that only 5 kilometers of the survey is left for the Byrnihat-Shillong project but the NFRs is facing serious challenges to complete the remaining work. “Recently, one of our machines was burnt besides our employees are often beaten up,” officials said, adding that the alignment for the Byrnihat-Shillong is not coming into any tangle with agricultural land and forest lands. Meanwhile, the Tetelia-Byrnihat Railway line is also going on at a snarl pace due to non-availability of land.
