Goalpara (Assam), Nov 8 (PTI) A two-day eviction drive will be undertaken from Sunday to clear encroachments from over 375 acres of forest land in Assam’s Goalpara district, a senior official said.

He said notices have been served to 580 households, asking them to clear out of the encroached lands in Dahikata reserve forest, with about 70 per cent of them already leaving the area, he said.

“The eviction drive will be undertaken to clear encroachments from 1,140 bighas (376 acres) of forest land. It will be carried out over two days from tomorrow,” Goalpara District Commissioner (DC) Prodip Timung said on Saturday. Show Full Article

“We have divided the area into five blocks… and only in one block, some people are still there. In the other blocks, most have left,” Timung said.

“We have

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