The Meghalaya Government is firm on relocating 342 families of Mazhabi Sikhs and other Dalit residents of the State capital Shillong’s Harijan Colony, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said. This follows the High Court of Meghalaya’s directive to the State Government to resolve the matter by April, he said. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Wanlura …
GUWAHATI The Meghalaya government has handed over its relocation plan to the Harijan Panchayat Committee representing the Mazhabi Sikhs and other Dalit residents of State capital Shillong’s Harijan Colony or Punjabi Lane. The plan comprises the blueprint with details for the relocation of 342 families from Harijan Colony – in the middle of Iewduw, the largest commercial market in Meghalaya …
Some political parties and NGOs in Meghalaya have opposed the conditions set by Mazhabi or Dalit Sikhs and other non-tribal residents to move out of a prime commercial area in State capital Shillong. The Harijan Panchayat Committee, representing the residents of Shillong’s Harijan Colony or Punjabi Lane, had agreed to relocate in April, four years after a communal flare-up associated …
