FROM MAWPHLANG TO LAD-MAWPHLANG CONNECTING MAWPHLANG AND SOHRA.
(16 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH).
A historical trail recognized by the United Nations as an Indigenous Community Conserve Area (ICCA)
Introduction: David Scott, a British Administrator, was instrumental in building the trail from 1827-1829 to lessen the distance and to escape the heat of traveling from the Assam plains to Sylhet. The trail, previously part of a network of foot and horse paths used by indigenous Khasi people crisscrossing the hills and used as established trade routes, was expanded to increase trade between Guwahati in Assam, Shillong and Sohra (Cherrapunji) in Meghalaya, and Sylhet in Bangladesh. When it was developed, the entire trail from Assam to Bangladesh covered 130 miles. The stretch of infamous Scott Trail or David Scott Bridle Path between Mawphlang and Lad Mawphlang is roughly 16 kms long. This officer involved the Indian Rajput, Sikhs, and others to complete the construction in time.
