Meghalaya ropeway standoff: JAC demands scrapping of project, hesitant to attend minister's stakeholder meet

Shillong, Nov 10 (UNI) The Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Tuesday reiterated that its indefinite sit-in will continue until the Meghalaya government completely abandons the Rs 151 crore Shillong ropeway project. The anti-ropeway demonstration entered its fifth day on Tuesday as women-led groups maintained their peaceful protest outside the U Kiang Nangbah statue in the state capital. The project, which features a 913-metre ropeway line funded by the New Development Bank and the Central Government under the PM-DevINE scheme, is designed to utilise a monocable gondola configuration connecting Madan Laban to an upper terminal near the Shillong Viewpoint. The protest…