Shillong’s Punjabi Lane, also called Them Iew Mawlong, is open for site visitors after a six-year hole following the 2018 unrest . The Motphran-Mawlong route closure was initially carried out in response to safety considerations after the unrest in Them Iew Mawlong in 2018. Vehicular motion has formally resumed on the Mawlonghat to Bimola junction, the administration stated right this moment.
The district administration has introduced that automobiles can now take the Them Metor Street, connecting Mawlonghat to Bimola, from 8 am to 4 pm every day, beneath strict safety.
Following a current assembly between district authorities and Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, it was determined to renew site visitors motion by way of this route.
East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Sylvester Nongtnger assured {that a} substantial safety presence together with CRPF, site visitors police, and state police personnel have been deployed to make sure a protected and arranged transition.
Parallely, the state authorities is getting ready to make a last determination on relocating 342 households from the Harijan Colony in Them Iew Mawlong, with plans for a decision by the tip of the yr.
The relocation proposal has been beneath evaluation because the formation of a Excessive-Stage Committee in June 2018, led by Deputy Chief Minister Tynsong.
Again in 2018, as unrest once more broke out in Shillong over the migrant subject, life grew to become unsure for the residents of Punjabi Lane, the 200 yr previous settlement the protesters wished to be relocated. An estimated 4,000 folks reside within the space.
The colony — meant to deal with sweepers and employees of the municipality, largely migrants from Punjab — grew to become a flashpoint within the Nineteen Eighties.
The dominant Khasi tribals need the Punjabis to be relocated from the donated tribal land that had gone to the federal government post-Independence. Conflicts have erupted on and off over time, and progressively escalated.