By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: A four organisations of Ri-Bhoi district — KSU, FKJGP, HNYF, Confederation of Ri-Bhoi People, have jointly called a night road blockade in protest against the State Government’s failure to resolve Umsning Bypass impasse on September 9.
The night road blockade would be effective from 7 pm of September 9 till 5 am of the following day.
“We are holding this night road blockade as mark of protest to the government’s failure to resolve Umsning Bypass issue,” KSU North Khasi Hills unit president Donkupar Sumer told reporters on Monday.
He said the State Government had earlier assured that it would resolve this matter within a period of 15 days.
According to Sumer, there is a strongly possibility of the NHAI abandoning the construction of the four-lane road at Umsning “if the land is not handed to it within this year”.It may be mentioned that work for widening of NH-40 began early this year, but it came to a standstill at Umsning after controversy relating to land compensation and re-alignment cropped up recently.
An NHAI official dealing with the bye-pass project had earlier said the State Government was yet to hand over the land for a six-kilometer stretch.”If the land is handed over to us we can start the work immediately,” the official added.
