Drive to clear 175 bighas of grazing land begins in Biswanath
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Guwahati: An eviction drive began in Assam's Biswanath district on Sunday to clear 175 bighas of Village Grazing Land (VGR), which had been encroached by over 300 families, officials said.
A senior official from the district administration said the land in question was located at Japariguri village in Biswanath, before adding that the drive has been proceeding peacefully, so far.
The officer further said notices were served to the families on August 1 to vacate the areas within 15 days, which they have already done. Moreover, the officer mentioned that a few of the families dismantled their houses and took away the roof tin sheets along with their belongings.
"The remaining houses have been demolished amid tight security deployment," the officer said, adding that about 600 police and CRPF personnel were deployed for the drive.
Earlier, during his Independence Day speech, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had said "aggression" had changed the demography of lower and central Assam, and now similar efforts were being made in upper and north Assam as well.
Meanwhile, 74 families of Doyang reserve forest and South Nambor reserved forest in Golaghat district had approached the Gauhati high court, claiming land rights and challenging the eviction notice.
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A division bench of the court on August 5 had granted the appellants a 10-day window, until August 14, to either submit proof of land allocation or vacate the area.
However, the counsels of the appellants, as well as the state, requested the court to re-notify the hearing, and accordingly, the court has listed the matter for hearing on Monday. During the hearing of the appeal, Advocate General D Saikia submitted before the court that approximately 29 lakh bighas of land in reserved forests across Assam have been affected by encroachments, and that the state's ongoing eviction drive has already cleared over 1 lakh bighas.
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