Shillong, Sep 10: With an aim to reduce congestion in Shillong city, the state government has announced plans to construct a 9.95-km-long Eastern Bypass from Sohryngkham to Mawshbuit and Mawlynrei.
The new road will enable commercial vehicles to bypass the city, reducing traffic woes.
It’s part of a permanent solution to resolve issues related to the road from Mawshbuit to Happy Valley, Deputy Chief Minister in-charge PWD (Roads) Prestone Tynsong said in reply to a question from VPP legislator Heavingstone Kharpran in the assembly on Tuesday.
The 58 Gorha Training Centre (GTC) has erected a gate on this stretch, affecting residents of Mawshbuit village.
The government has received a gift deed from the village authority, offering land for the alternative road, Tynsong said.
Referring to a four-km stretch from Mawshbuit to Mawlynrei where 300 meters fall under defence land, he said, “We are taking up with the defence authority to ensure we can touch this land for construction of the alternative road.”
“I request the MLA (from Mawryngkneng) to be part of it. Again from Sohryngkham to Mawshbuit, if we get land and from Mawshbuit to Mawlynrei this will be called the Eastern Bypass,” Tynsong said adding that the road, if completed, commercial vehicle will not need to enter Shillong,” the deputy chief minister said.
Regarding the 600-meter Mawshbuit-Happy Valley stretch, which falls under the defence authority, the Deputy Chief Minister stated that the government will take up the issue with the defence authority to repair the road, which is in a deplorable condition.
“If the defence authority is not willing to undertake the repair, the state government is prepared to do so,” he said adding that soon the government will get the no-objection certificate (NOC) from the defence authority for repairing of the stretch.
Tynsong said the government is committed to finding a permanent solution to the issue, ensuring that Mawshbuit village no longer faces problems related to the road.
