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Meghalaya’s Tourism Department said on October 28, 2026, that construction had not begun at the proposed Shillong Peak Ropeway lower-terminal site in Laban. Commissioner and Secretary R. M. Kurbah described the site activity as preliminary preparation, including soil testing, approach-road development and ground levelling, and said no foundations had been dug for the terminal or six ropeway pillars. That is the department’s account as reported at the time; the latest available reports here are dated October 30, and they do not confirm whether the site’s status has since changed.
What did the Tourism Department say about construction at Laban?
The department’s position was that no construction of the ropeway terminal or its supporting pillars had started at the Laban site. Kurbah told The Meghalayan Express: “There has been no construction till date. No digging has been done for the six pillars or the terminal.” The statement reflects the department’s position when reported on October 28, not an independently verified update for November 13.
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The department said the site had been used as a temporary camp for preliminary activities. Those activities included soil testing, development of an approach road and ground levelling. The distinction matters: site preparation can involve work on the ground without constituting the excavation of the terminal or ropeway-pillar foundations. The department denied that such foundation digging had taken place.
Why was the project site closed?
The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) closed and sealed the site on October 27, 2026. Reports connected the action to a dispute over whether the ropeway contractor had obtained the required trading licence. The Tourism Department disputed the closure, while the council’s licensing rationale and the state’s account of the application process remain competing administrative positions—not a final legal finding.
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According to Hub Network’s account of the department’s explanation, a Dorbar no-objection certificate was obtained on May 4, 2026, and the contractor applied to KHADC for a trading licence on May 18. The department said further NOC correspondence followed in July, KHADC issued a show-cause notice on August 27 and the contractor replied, and additional Dorbar NOCs were received on September 28. It said the licensing process was still underway; this chronology does not establish that a licence was issued.
On October 30, the department wrote to KHADC seeking removal of the locks and seals and withdrawal of the seizure, according to Batesi TV. The department maintained that the site was government property and was being used as a temporary logistics camp. Reports also described an FIR filed by the state concerning the site seizure. The reporting does not establish a court ruling on ownership, whether the licence was legally required, or whether the council’s action was valid.
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What is disputed, and what is not established?
The available reports establish that the Tourism Department denied construction had started and that KHADC sealed the site amid a licence dispute. They do not settle the legal merits of that dispute, independently verify every account of the site’s activities, or show that the project was cancelled. Nor do they establish whether construction, licensing or access conditions changed after October 30.
The Tourism Department also said stakeholder consultations had taken place in 2022 and that concerns about Lum Shillong and water sources had been addressed. Those are attributed claims; the reports reviewed do not independently resolve those concerns.
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There is also a discrepancy in reporting over the work-order date: Hub Network gives September 25, 2025, while Northeast Now and Highland Post report October 25, 2025. Without an authoritative project record to resolve the conflict, neither date should be treated as confirmed.
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The latest reports in this account, dated October 30, 2026, describe a proposed project whose Laban lower-terminal site had been sealed by KHADC on October 27. The Tourism Department said construction had not begun and that it was seeking to have the seals removed. The available reporting does not confirm the site’s status after October 30, so it cannot support a claim that the site is currently open or closed, that construction has begun, or that the project has been abandoned.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Has the Shillong Peak Ropeway been cancelled?
The reports cited here do not say the project was cancelled. They describe a dispute over the sealed Laban site and the Tourism Department’s effort to have the locks and seals removed.
Will the Shillong Peak Ropeway be open to visitors soon?
The available reports do not provide an opening date or confirm that construction has started. They describe the project as proposed and do not establish its schedule after October 30, 2026.
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What concerns about Lum Shillong and water sources were raised?
The reports say the Tourism Department asserted that concerns about Lum Shillong and water sources had been addressed after stakeholder consultations in 2022. They do not independently detail or resolve those concerns.
