While expressing happiness that nearly 150-odd families have left the forest, Sarma also requested the people living there to leave the place on their own.
Official records lay bare large-scale encroachment on various categories of government land like wetlands, forest lands, reserved lands, and natural floodwater drains.
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to conduct eviction drive against illegal encroachers at Lumding Reserve Forest area in Assam’s Hojai district.
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