Guwahati, June 29 -- Environmental activist Dilip Nath from Dhekiajuli has sought the urgent intervention of President Droupadi Murmu following the Assam government's decision to incorporate 18 forest villages-located within the protected Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary-into the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

The move, Nath claims, undermines an ongoing case in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and legalizes longstanding illegal encroachments.

Nath, in a detailed letter to the President, criticized the June 23, 2025 inclusion notification as "an illegal and arbitrary act" that "renders the legalisation of illegal encroachments in Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary."

He pointed out that this decision comes even as the NGT, Eastern Zone ...