Shillong Oct 9: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) has asked the police to take against the general manager and project director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the dilapidated condition of National Highway-6.
The KSU FIR lodged an FIR with the Superintendent of Police, East Jaintia Hills District.
The KSU-EJHDU president Streamly N Suchen said, “I hereby request you to register this complain and take appropriate legal action against the individuals responsible, as their activities are causing a disturbance to the public and general well-being of the citizens. Such actions are against the law and pose a threat to public safety.”
He said on August 8 when the KSU members were democratically protesting over the road condition, one of the employees of the NHAI who is the manager technical of the NHAI, Biswajit Jyoti Lahkar assured that the authority would repair the entire stretch of the NH-6 within 6 weeks time from this date of incident at Lumshnong Toll Plaza.
“It has been almost 8 weeks now, no sign of work has started on the part of the NHAI despite assuring the union and the protestors to start the work,” Suchen said.
“This act of the NHAI authorities has caused a public nuisance for the public who had to travel through this highway in which the road condition has worsened day by day. It has also endangered the lives of commuters and drivers driving this road and has caused a great sense of fear,” he said.
