A high-level delegation sent to Shillong by Punjab CM Amarinder Singh met the Sikhs residing in Shillong’s Punjabi lane and assured them of full support to protect their fundamental rights.
DSGMC has welcomed the Meghalaya High Court’s order on Saturday staying the relocation of the Sikhs of Meghalaya capital Shillong without following due process of law.
The Punjab Cabinet led by CM Amarinder Singh today approved relaxation in instructions of the Relief and Resettlement Department for providing Rs. 60 lacs as compensation to the Sikh community against damage caused to their properties during violence in Shillong.
DSGMC on Tuesday said that the Meghalaya High Court has stayed the process of relocating the Sikh families residing the Punjabi lane area of Shillong.
The Meghalaya government seems adamant of displacing Shillong Sikhs from Punjabi Lane area that is inhabited by Sikhs for almost two past two centuries.
Sikh residents of the Punjabi Lane area of Shillong on Wednesday protested against Meghalaya government’s plans to relocate them from their place of inhabitants.
United Sikhs, a US based humanitarian group, has launched its "Feed-a-Family" campaign, asking the public for donations, as daily wage earners have been unable to work during the crisis.
Sikh community inhabiting the Punjabi lane area of the Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya is under attack.