Guwahati, Aug. 18 -- The Assam Government on Sunday began an eviction drive in Biswanath District, evicting 309 families, officials said. The eviction drive was started in the morning to clear encroachment on nearly 175 bigha or 23 hectare of land in the Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) in Japariguri, they said.
"The eviction drive is going on peacefully. There were 309 families who had encroached on 175 bigha of land. Notices were issued to them on August 1 to vacate the areas within 15 days," District Commissioner Simanta Kumar Das said.The DC said all the families have already left the area, and many of them had dismantled their houses. "We demolished the remaining houses.
There was also one big tea garden. That is being dismantled now fo...