The residents of Shillong’s Harijan Colony, also known as Punjabi Lane and Them Iew Mawlong, have agreed to relocate conditionally four years after a communal flare-up associated with an eviction drive.
A majority of the residents of the 3.33-acre colony housing 342 families in two-storey hovels flanking a 300-m lane are Dalit or Mazhabi Sikhs.