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Meghalaya women's forum urges CM to initiate dialogue on Shillong ropeway deadlock

Shillong, Nov 9 (UNI) Ka Lympung Ki Seng Kynthei (The Forum of Women's Organisations) has urged Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to initiate dialogue with the Joint Action Committee (JAC) which is staging an indefinite sit-in demonstration opposing the Rs 151-crore Shillong ropeway project.

The JAC members, comprising mostly women from the city, have been staging a peaceful protest in front of the U Kiang Nangbah statue since Friday (November 6), demanding that the state government permanently scrap the ropeway project along the the Shillong Peak range, locally known as U Lum Shyllong.

In its letter to the Chief Minister on Monday, the Forum of Women’s Organisation said it received a letter from the JAC on November 1, 2026 regarding the project and protection of U Lum Shyllong catchment areas.

“As mothers, we are deeply concerned that the project will affect the water sources and the environment. Our organisation is for protecting our environment and its degradation. We feel that any project or development which affect the environment should not be carried out at all costs,” the women’s organisation emphasised.

Voicing concern over the ongoing sit-in demonstration, which entered its fourth day on Monday, the organisation suggested that the Chief Minister to set up an expert panel, comprising departmental specialists and prominent citizens, to offer constructive recommendations for alternative solutions.

The 913-metre ropeway project is funded by the New Development Bank and the central government under the PM-DevINE scheme.

The ropeway will utilise a monocable gondola configuration connecting Madan Laban to an upper terminal near the existing Shillong Viewpoint, reducing travel time between the points to approximately five to six minutes.
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