President Museveni used the forest as his base to attack Kakiri Police Station during the guerrilla war that brought the current government to power in 1986
According to government data, there are approximately 2,22,153 illegal constructions on its ‘gairan’ land, totalling 4.52 lakh hectares, of which the approximate encroached area is 10,089 hectares, or 2.23 per cent.
Assam Minister Piyush Hazarika on Thursday said that the state government will continue with its eviction drive against the illegal encroachers for freeing the government lands.