SHILLONG, APR 25: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday maintained that relocation of the Sweepers’ Colony from Them Iew Mawlong has to take place.

“If you ask me whether the government will go ahead with the proposal, the proposal is very clear as I said to you from day one relocation has to take place whatever you say,” Tynsong told reporters.

His statement came after the Harijan Panchayat Committee (HPC) had rejected the government’s proposal to relocate the 342 families of Sweepers’ Colony from Them Iew Mawlong to the existing land of the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB).

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Tynsong said the HPC has made its stand very clear in its reply submitted on April 20 that “they don’t accept the blueprint presented by the government to them. That is the case right now.”

When asked, the deputy chief minister said that all documents are being studied by the advocate general and very soon the government will sit to discuss the matter.

On Monday, the Meghalaya High Court had deferred the hearing on the issue to June 7.

The order was passed by the division bench based on the request made by the state government and the Harijan Panchayat Committee (HPC) during the hearing held here.

“At the request of the parties, let the matter stand over for six weeks. List on June 7, 2023,” the bench had said in its order.

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