SHILLONG:
Minister in-charge of Tourism Paul Lyngdoh, on April 4, inspected Khyndailad (Police Bazar) with an idea to make the area a pedestrian or walkers’ zone and no honking zone.
Lyngdoh said that Shillong has become toxic, in the sense that pedestrians cannot move freely and the amount of honking or blaring of horn taking place across the state and especially in front of hospitals knows no ends and that the same should be tackled.
When asked if it will be a mammoth task to implement the same, Lyngdoh stated that every task is mammoth as long as one is sincere about it and jokingly said, “Can you hear the amount of honking? So, I can’t really hear you talking nor can you hear me properly.”
He also stated that problems will always arise, and that we must find solutions, and that this area is a major problem that has been identified to ensure the safety of pedestrians as well as the general welfare of people; a number of issues are associated with this, and the task ahead is to achieve the first milestone.