SHILLONG: West Shillong MLA Paul Lyngdoh has asked the Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma to take up the matter of the closure of roads in Shillong Cantonment areas for the Civil population with the defence authorities.
In a petition shot off to the Chief Minster here on Thursday, Paul Lyngdoh said that of late, members of the general public have complained about the closure of roads in Cantonment areas particularly the road opposite Shillong Civil Hospital and in Mwshbuit area which is causing lot of inconvenience to general people.
Lyngdoh maintained that proper procedure was not carried out in closure of the road especially in footpath from Anjali Cinema Hall leading towards Zigzag road near the Bawri Nethralaya centre which has been completely sealed.
The petition came from the legislators after Defence authorities closed down the movement of civilians in areas like the footpath from Anjali Complex to Butcher Road, the footpath from Pine Walk Area to Butcher Road (near Bawri Nethralaya) and the footpath from Pine Walk Area to Police Bazar due to security threats.
Earlier, during his tenure of Lyngdoh as Urban Affairs minister, the defence authorities had imposed restrictions on the road leading to Lady Keane College but later the State government got it re-opened.