India, Dec. 17 -- An eviction drive to clear encroachment on 105.18 acres of Government land has been launched in Assam's Nagaon district on Tuesday, officials said. The drive has been initiated at Salnabori, Tuktuki, Bherberi beel, Ahom Gaon, Roumari beel, Moiradhaj Katahguri and Akarabari and Magurmari beel under the Dhing Revenue circle, as ponds were dug illegally for fisheries on encroached land, they said.
More than 250 security personnel have been deployed for the eviction exercise, they said. The drive was aimed at destroying unauthorised embankments and 565 ponds constructed across natural streams and wetlands, which block the free flow of water to the natural water bodies in the area, leading to flooding and damage to rural roads...