From Our Correspondent
JOWAI, Oct 3: A pressure group in East Jaintia Hills has declared railways to be of no significance in the district as of now, while calling out the government’s continued attempts to persuade stakeholders to accept the bid to rail-link the district.
In this regard, the group, All Jaintia Youth Welfare Organisation (AJYWO) Central Body East Jaintia Zone, handed over a memorandum to the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of JHADC protesting against the proposed setting up of railway in the district.
Despite the fact that the organisation and other NGOs have time and again submitted written communications to the government registering their opposition to any rail infrastructure, the government continues to persuade the people through media and press circulation, said AJYWO-EJZ president, Heatermoon Ryngkhlem.
Reiterating that railways lines are futile, the organisation has asked the state government to focus on other crucial and much-needed facilities that the district yearns for.
Allaying apprehensions of the group, the CEM of JHADC, Thombor Shiwat, asserted that till date no NOC has been approved to set up railways in the region.