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How can we leave our land,” said Gurjit.He said the local Punjabi community was constructing a five-storey gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar and had spent over Rs 3 crore. “Our ancestors have been living here for over 200 years and our gurdwara is over 150-year-old. “If we are relocated, it will hurt our religious sentiments and Sikh bodies should mount pressure on the Meghalaya government before it is too late,” he said. Besides, there is Shiv Mandir, Valmiki Mandir, Durga Mandir and Guru Nanak School. Amritsar: Despite assurance from the local administration, the Sikh community in Shillong is still waiting for the formation of the peace committee to resolve their issues following the Sikh-Khasi clash on May 31.The community representatives not only resent the delay in the formation of peace committee but also oppose the formation of a high-level committee for relocation by the Meghalaya government.“It’s been nearly two weeks since the government had announced formation of a peace committee but till date we haven’t heard a word about it from the local administration,” Gurjit Singh, a community representative and the headmaster of Guru Nanak School in Shillong, told TOI over the phone on Friday.He said, “This has happened despite intervention by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).”A scuffle broke out after some Sikhs had an altercation with some Khasi drivers following which a compromise was struck but the issue escalated and turned nasty after Khasis allegedly attacked the Punjabi majority Punjabi Line area in Shillong.Gurjit alleged that the Meghalaya government also wanted the Sikhs to relocate from nearly two acres of prime land in the middle of Shillong..