Shillong, April 10: Deputy Chief Minister in-charge PWD (Roads) Prestone Tynsong on Monday said that there is no specific information that NGOs are disturbing the progress of work with regards to the construction of the Shillong-Dawki road project.

“I am yet to know that. But, if necessary, I am telling you at my level I can even call (for a meeting with the NGOs) if we have that kind of complaint from the concerned companies who are undertaking the construction works,” Tynsong told reporters.

His statement came in the wake of the recent order passed by the Meghalaya High Court, which directed the need to keep the “unwelcome interference” by the NGOs at bay to ensure the smooth completion of the Shillong-Dawki road project.

Tynsong, however, informed that the project is facing a lot of challenges and said, “Even with the land owners where we need to convince them, discuss with them, it takes a lot of time doing that as the land tenure system we have in the state of Meghalaya is totally different, so we need to discuss with all stakeholders.”

“But ofcourse even the NGOs need to understand that this is the lifeline of the state where Dawki to Shillong is so important (for) the tourists and even the economic activities that is going on; we need to complete it (project) at the earliest possible,” he added.