Shillong, Nov 13: Hynniewtrep Border Development and Research Forum (HBDRF) has extended its support to the Joint Action Committee (JAC) against Shillong Peak Ropeway project, stating that Shillong Peak is “not the right place” for building a ropeway.
“We come here not to oppose this project, but there is a saying, do the right thing at the right time, in the right place, in the right manner… it’s not in the right place,” the Forum’s chairman Chandame Sungoh said on Friday.
Extending support to the JAC, Sungoh said the project must follow the principle of doing the right thing at the right place.
Clarifying its opposition is not to any ropeway, he said “The aim and the purpose of the government to bring this Shillong Ropeway project is the right thing, but the place they said to be established, it’s not in the right place.”
He urged the government to relocate the project elsewhere.
Sungoh said the HBDRF fully backs the JAC and other social organisations opposing the project at Shillong Peak.
He added that while development is needed, protecting air and water must take precedence.
