India, Feb. 13 -- About 2,676 sq km of forest land, nearly twice the geographical area of Delhi, is currently under encroachment in Assam, said chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sarma wrote, "Putting things in perspective for people who are not aware of the scale of crisis we have been handed over by the previous Cong Govt. 2,676 sq. km of forest land- an area almost twice the size of Delhi is UNDER ENCROACHMENT!! Rest assured, BJP Assam is working to FIX THIS!"

The statement comes three days after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for the Assam government to proceed with the removal of unauthorised occupation from more than 360,000 hectares of forest land, affirming the mechanism evolv...