:dateline:Barking and Dagenham�s Northern Relief Road has been renamed to honour Sikhs� contribution to the borough.
The road, home to Barking�s Gurdwara Singh Sabha, has been renamed Gurdwara Way.
�The Barking Gurdwara Singh Sabha has contributed significantly to our borough for over 40 years,� says Cllr Laila Butt. �The renaming of the road is a fitting recognition of its importance to the borough and its residents.�
The road had its temporary name for 25 years since being opened by Cllr Fred Jones MBE in 1990.
It was agreed, at a cabinet meeting in October last year, the road would be renamed Gurdwara Way in recognition of the building�s contribution to the local community and of the Sikh community�s to the borough during the two world wars.
�A quarter of a century is a long time for a temporary name, so I am delighted that cabinet colleagues agreed the new name which honours the Sikh community as well as acknowledging a local landmark that has served our community since 1908 � when the building was originally a friends meeting house for the Quakers,� says Cllr Geddes.
I love sikh dharam….