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Eviction drive at reserve forest in Assam to free 11K bighas of encroached land

The New Indian Express Kannur

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July 30, 2025

The Assam government on Tuesday launched a massive eviction drive at Uriamghat in Golaghat district to clear 11,000 bighas of land under encroachment at a reserve forest bordering Nagaland.

- PRASANTA MAZUMDAR @ Guwahati

The exercise concluded peacefully. Authorities deployed a large number of police and forest personnel along with over 150 excavators.

A senior forest department official told this newspaper, "more than 20%" of the land was cleared. A majority of the illegal settlers had vacated the place after receiving notices from the government.

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