The displaced people were labelled "illegal immigrants" and "encroachers" when the government evicted them to make way for the Gorukhuti agricultural project. Promises to relocate them have not been fulfilled.
The State Government informed the Gauhati High Court that the evicted occupants of the Dholpur village in Sipajhar were ‘encroachers as such they are liable to be evicted at any time as per rules.
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