Assam govt’s eviction drive in Lumding recovers 1410 hectares of forest land

On Monday (November 8), the Assam authorities carried out an eviction drive within the Lumding reserve forest within the Hojai district of Assam.
As per studies, the eviction drive was carried out beneath the route of the Guwahati High Court to take away unlawful occupants from reserve forest lands. The Assam authorities had deployed about 1000 safety personnel together with the State Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to forestall any untoward incident. According to the district administration in Hojai, many of the unlawful occupants had left their houses previous to the graduation of the eviction drive.
Both elephants and bulldozers have been used to demolish the unlawful constructions. An official knowledgeable on Monday, “Today, we have demolished around 555 houses, illegal structures. Most of the people who encroached on the forest lands have cooperated with us and they left the forest lands. Our drive will continue tomorrow also.” The eviction drive may also proceed on November 9.
Eviction drive has been carried out peacefully in Lumding forest. Everyone (settlers) has been despatched residence. The forest is freed from encroachment from immediately. Detailed assertion to be launched within the night: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pic.twitter.com/jJiyzaj1Le— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021
Reportedly, the Lumding reserve forest includes an space of over 22,403 hectares, out of which 1,410 hectares was encroached upon by unlawful settlers. According to Hojai Divisional Forest Officer Gounadeep Das, about 3,000 individuals from 670 households have been dwelling on the encroached land. The unlawful settlers took up the occupation of agriculture and enterprise to maintain themselves.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had knowledgeable {that a} complete of 1500 households have been evicted from the Lumding reserve forest. “Eviction drive has been carried out peacefully in Lumding forest. Everyone (settlers) has been sent home. The forest is free of encroachment from today.,” he had remarked.
As per studies, many of the encroachment was for economical causes. A mafia named Nazrul had introduced Muslim households from totally different locations like Barpeta, Nagaon, and Dhubri. These individuals have been engaged in farming ginger and turmeric value crores in these forest lands. A case towards Nazrul has additionally been registered. As per a report in Organiser, some locals have alleged that the land mafia has even offered the encroached land to migrant households in lakhs of Rupees per bigha.
Violence in Darrang district of Assam throughout anti-encroachment drive
Recently, an eviction drive performed by the administration in Darrang district in Assam had turned violent after encroachers of the land attacked safety forces. While 9 policemen have been injured within the assault by the mob of unlawful encroachers, 2 attackers have been killed in retaliatory police firing.
The incident passed off on the Dholpur within the Garukhuti space close to the Sipajhar city in Darrang district in Assam, the place the Himanta Biswa Sarma authorities was conducting an eviction drive of unlawful settlers on land belonging to the federal government or different organisations like temples. When the eviction occasion reached the place inhabited by Bengali talking Muslims on Thursday, a whole lot of individuals clashed with the police, attacking them with stones, machetes, pointed bamboo sticks and so on.