Guwahati: Gandhi Mandap, one of the famous landmarks on the Hill of Saramia in the heart of the city built to commemorate the nation’s father, is under the encroachment of “doubtful people” and the center of anti-social activities, Assam CM Himanta Buswa Sarma said on Saturday .
The fourth highest national flag of the country was also installed in Gandhi Mandap.
Sarania Hill, which is 0.34 SQKM, is one of the eight reserve forests and one of the 15 hills in the city.
Mandap was inaugurated and opened to the public at that time PM Indira Gandhi and later CM Bishnuram Medhi in 1970.
“In addition to the natives who settled here, some people hesitate to have settled around the hill and carry out illegal activities and change the area into a drinking room .
The government has made mistakes in the past.
We keep the mandap closed throughout the year, except for three days – October 2, Republican Day and Independence Day – and these elements take advantage of the government’s inability here, “Sarma said.
Sarma, after giving respect for the Gandhi Mahtama statue at the mandap, said, “In the next two to three months, we will clean the area.” He added, “This is a complicated problem.
The first native comes here and then doubtful people begin to come and still come and settle here.
We have to discuss with people and repair the cutoff date.
Those who have come before date Cutoff will be protected and new settlers will be sent back to their original life place.
“At The Foothills Located Kastba Gandhi Ashram where Gandhi stayed during his last visit to the state in 1946.
During this visit he inaugurated the Assam Branch of Kasterba Gandhi National Commemoration of Trust and Gram Sevikas Vidyalaya in the same location.
The national flag of 319.5 feet was installed at a 150-year anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.
In 2011, the government of the Congress which later in the country had destroyed 40 illegal houses built on the hill.
‘Gandhi mandap Guwahati under encroachment’
