Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- Meghalaya Police, accompanied by magistrates, reopened the lower terminal premises of the Shillong Peak Ropeway Project at Madan Laban on Wednesday, November 4, by removing the locks installed by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) on October 27.

The team cleared the entrance gate and the office of KEC-TCL (JV), the company executing the project, bringing the council's closure of the premises to an end. Security personnel were deployed at the location to prevent any untoward incident.

The KHADC, headed by Chief Executive Member Winston Tony Lyngdoh, had sealed the premises over allegations that the company was operating without a mandatory trading licence from the district council.

The council had ba...