Despite complaints made and matter highlighted several times to the authorities, those who are illegally constructing structures at the municipal compound goralane Laitumkhrah continue to do so unabatedly without remorse and more  structures is seen surfacing to ground thereby flouting all relevant laws of the land?

This issue was last year flagged by a resident of Laitumkhrah Bah Wankitbok Pohshna, however the authorities seems to have lent a deaf ear to all complaints made and illegal construction is carried blatantly without respect shown to building bye laws as prescribed by the urban body. Even though on February last year, notices were served by the CEO, SMB to those who were illegally constructing structures on the said land which belongs to the Shillong municipal itself however no action was seen to have taken place and the buildings that were termed as unauthorised by the office of MUDA now stands completed and are fully occupied by residents whose whereabouts seems to be unknown.

On February this year a complaint was also made to the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills on the rampant dumping of garbage at the wah thangsniang stream which is a tributary of wah umkhrah however till writing of this report no action has been taken to control direct dumping of solid waste from the municipal compound to the stream thereby adding to the garbage input at wah umkhrah.

It is also learnt that most of the dwelling units inside the municipal compound are being offered as rented accommodations and the occupants of these illegally constructed units park their vehicles on the Umpling road which causes traffic inconvenience to commuters especially during school and office hours.  Non action on the part of authorities has also given rise to anti-social activities such as drugs peddling and the surrounding areas have seen increase in theft cases since the antecedents of those residing at the municipal compound are unknown except for the employees and their families who work at the Shillong Municipal Board. It is for the district administration and the SMB to work together to prevent the municipal compound at Laitumkhrah from turning into another them mawlong if strict action is further delayed.