Shillong traffic police department reports, that between 50-70 automobiles are added to the city on a daily basis.
Digital Desk: Shillong, Meghalaya, may soon add cable cars to its public transit system. The city has been almost strangling with traffic snarls due to the small roads and increasing number of vehicles, making a normal living in the metropolis miserable.'
The situation was so bad that, in May, the Meghalaya High Court, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), ordered the state administration to develop strategies to alleviate traffic congestion in Shillong.
The Meghalaya Integrated Transport Programme is implementing these cable cars and other initiatives (MITP).
Prestone Tynsong, Deputy Chief Minister in Charge of Public Works (Roads), stated, "The project management consultants (PMCs) are looking into all the specifics, and eventually will come up with DPRs, and then the government will issue a required authorization to start the project."
The Meghalaya government has planned to carry out the project in accordance with the Centre's effort to use alternative modes of transportation to minimize fossil fuel use and traffic congestion.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, has stated that using ropeways and cable cars would be a good approach to minimize traffic congestion and pollution in cities.
According to the transport ministry, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Austrian business includes the preparation of thorough project papers, feasibility studies, the supply of equipment, construction, and operation and maintenance.
Furthermore, it would enable the creation of ropeway projects in multiple states utilizing globally acknowledged criteria for passenger safety and dependability, according to a statement from the transport ministry.
Meanwhile, sources in the Shillong traffic police department reported that 50-70 automobiles were being brought to the city on a daily basis, and an acute staff shortage exacerbated the situation. The traffic police have also identified traffic locations with the most congestion on the routes.
On August 29, the Meghalaya high court highlighted that ropeways and cable cars must be investigated once an expert plan is developed for financial assessment and, if viable, implementation.
"External aid organisations have previously been addressed, according to the State," the court noted, "but there are various additional agencies available both to perform feasibility studies and to fund the projects."
It was said that band-aid remedies may be required at this time. Maximum traffic congestion was seen in various locations, most notably when vehicles from Guwahati entered the city and at the Police Bazar.
The state had previously notified the court that external assistance groups had been sought, but that various other organizations were available to do feasibility studies and fund the projects.
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