Friday, July 11, 2025
spot_img

Poor street lighting makes Shillong a ghost town

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

SHILLONG: Though Shillong is a capital city but the street lighting in the city is far from being satisfactory and the stretch from Shillong Civil Hospital till Jhalupara taxi stand is one such stretch where there are hardly any street lights functioning.

In the entire stretch of 2 kilometers, only four major lights are functioning including two at Rhino point, one near ITBP headquarter and one in Rilbong point whereas the entire stretch remains under thick darkness in the evening.

If one walks on the road after 9 pm, it seems that the entire stretch is a ghost area with hardly any street lights working.

When contacted, officials from the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited said that it was the Shillong Cantonment Board which usually provided all the required materials to the corporation for street lighting.

The official added that they would take up the matter with the Shillong Cantonment Board and the lights would be repaired if the Board provided the materials to the corporation.

 

 

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

22 Maoists, including eight females, surrender in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, July 11: In a significant development in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, 22 Maoists laid down their arms on...

BJP looting land, forest, water: Rahul Gandhi at ‘save Constitution’ rally in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, July 11: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted the BJP, alleging that the ruling party has...

Centre plans Rs 1,345 crore subsidy scheme to boost production of Rare Earth magnets

New Delhi, July 11: The Indian government has drawn up a scheme to offer subsidies to the tune...

We missed no targets in Pak, not even a glass pane broken in India: NSA Doval on Op Sindoor

New Delhi, July 11: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday addressed the convocation ceremony at IIT...