No ILP, no rail project: Khasi Students Union

A REPORTER

SHILLONG: The President of Khasi Students Union (KSU) has demanded form the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government to do away with any railway project without the implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.

"We demand the state government to speed up putting anti-influx mechanisms in place as without these, we will continue to protest against the move to implement railway projects in Meghalaya," said KSU president Lambokstar Marngar.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma had announced the government's decision to engage with the stakeholders for the introduction of goods train in the state.

"We will only be ready to discuss the railway projects be it goods train or passenger train when Meghalaya gets ILP," added Marngar.The KSU leader also said that the state government will know better as to why there is delay to implement the ILP as well as the 'Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act-2016'.

"If the government wants to develop the state, then I suggest the government speed up the setting up of medical colleges, implementation of the education policy…instead of introducing a goods train," he added.

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