Guwahati, June 16 -- Assam eviction drive: The Goalpara district administration of Assam launched a massive eviction drive early Monday morning in the Hasila Beel area, deploying nearly 20 bulldozers and excavators to clear approximately 1,555 bighas of encroached government land.

Backed by a heavy police presence, officials targeted an estimated 667 families accused of occupying the land illegally.

District officials, led by Deputy Commissioner Khanindra Choudhury, began the operation around 5 am. By midday, authorities had already cleared close to 30% of the marked area.

Bulldozers demolished dozens of homes, shops, and boundary walls, along with five lower primary schools and a Jal Jeevan Mission project, structures officials said l...