Digboi, Oct 19: The Laika Bangaon Resettlement Demand Committee has renewed its appeal to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for the speedy rehabilitation of hundreds of displaced families, many of whom have been living in temporary shelters for more than four years.

The committee submitted a detailed memorandum through the Deputy Commissioner of Tinsukia district on Friday, pressing for immediate government intervention before the upcoming Assembly elections.

The memorandum recalled that the Government of India, through online proposal No. FP/AS/REHAB/120428/2021, had approved 238 hectares of land in the Namphai Tapu and Paharpur areas under the proposed Digboi Forest Division on March 21, 2021, for the resettlement of 572 Laika Bangaon families displaced from inside the Dibru-Saikhowa

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