Meghalaya Tourism files FIR against KHADC for trespassing into proposed Ropeway project site

Shillong, Oct 28 (UNI) The Meghalaya Tourism department has filed an FIR against the enforcement wing of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) for allegedly stalling the Rs 151 crore Shillong Peak Ropeway Project. The FIR lodged by Director of Tourism Brenda Lee Pakyntein at Laban Police Station came a day after the KHADC, a constitutional body under sixth schedule of the Indian constitution, sealed the project site after the executing companies failed to secure a mandatory trading licence required for outside firms operating within the council's jurisdiction. Pakyntein lodged the FIR on behalf of the Government of Meghalaya…