Guwahati: Administration of Sonitpur Regency on Wednesday serves notification of eviction on 550 families and gives them 30 days to empty the land occupied illegally in Dhekiajuli.
Notifications have been served on the occupants of two villages – Nisolamari and Bosasimolu – in Dhekiajuli.
An official from the Dhekiajuli Circle Office said, “30 days of time has been given to deprivation.
According to our information, some families have decided to leave their land.
They will be advised and we hope they leave the land that is illegally occupied.” Meanwhile, regional occupants have demanded rehabilitation before the eviction was carried out.
They urged the government to delay expulsion for several months because this is the time to reap the harvest.
Muktar Hussain, a resident of Nisolamari, said, “The people who live here have used all government facilities.
The government has issued a ration card to families here.
Women have utilized financial assistance under Orunodoi and Primary schemes.
There is a center Health in the area.
Now, I have understood the reason behind the eviction notification.
“He further urged the government to think about occupants depending on agriculture and fishing and rehabilitating them first.
The state government has first carried out the eviction of drives in Dholpur in Darrang District in September, which changed with violence to produce deaths of two civilians in the police shooting when the villagers attacked the police and district government officials.
Then, the state government during the hearing of pills in Darrang expelled that there was no coercion method that would be adopted while driving away people unless forced to do so.
Earlier this month, the Hojai Regency Government cleared more than 1,000 hectares of forest land forest forestry from encroachment.
Nearly 500 families were expelled.
Hojai police on Tuesday arrested two people for allegedly settling their families on the forest.
The local court on Wednesday sent them to police custody for 10 days.
Now, 550 families in Dhekiajuli Assam were told to empty the land in 30 days
