Shillong, November 12: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) Against the Shillong Ropeway Project on Thursday marched towards the Secretariat, accompanied by members of the public, to demand the cancellation of the proposed ropeway project on Lum Shyllong.
Police security was tightened around the Secretariat after receiving information that the JAC would stage a march towards its main entrance.
Several women police personnel were deployed near the protest site, where members of the JAC and the Green Tech Foundation (GTF) had been staging their agitation.
During the rally, women protesters raised slogans condemning South Shillong MLA Sanbor Shullai and Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh.
After some time, a heated verbal exchange broke out between JAC leaders and women police personnel, as the women protesters insisted on entering the Secretariat premises, expressing their anger over what they described as the government’s continued indifference to their agitation.
Angered by the government’s response, members of the public also attempted to push through the barricades erected by the police. This led to a show of strength, with protesters pushing against the barricades as police tried to prevent them from entering the Secretariat.
Subsequently, the women protesters were continuing their sit-in at the main entrance of the Secretariat and along the footpath opposite the building.
