Guwahati, June 16 -- The Nagaland Tree Planters' Association (NTPA) has urged the state government to take immediate and decisive action against the long-ignored issue of illegal land encroachment in and around the Dimapur railway station.

In a strongly worded statement, NTPA revealed that several individuals and businesses had unlawfully occupied vast stretches of railway-compensated land.

The association noted that private entities had constructed multi-storey buildings, commercial warehouses, petrol pumps, and other unauthorized structures on land meant for public infrastructure, severely hampering development efforts and compromising public property.

NTPA also raised concerns about the construction of religious institutions on land...