SHILLONG: A delegation of BJP led by South Shillong MLA Sanbor Shullai met Urban Affairs Minister Hamlet Dohling for exemption of Meghalaya Town and Country Planning Act 1972 from District Council administered areas.
Shullai also submitted a memorandum with a request to the minister concerned to effectively take measures to exempt the Act from the ambit of the administered area.
In the meeting, the MLA highlighted the difficulties of the people residing within the administered area which is also a Scheduled area.
Shullai also drew the attention of the minister to the applicability of the United Khasi Jaintia Hills (Establishment of Town Committee) Act 1960 to regulate permission for building construction within administered area / Municipal area of Shillong city as per building bye laws and permission from the authority of the District Council.
