Around 50 lakh bigha government land encroached in Assam
In a written reply to a query raised by BJP legislator Ashok Singhal, state Revenue and Disaster Management minister Pallab Lochan Das said that, a total of 49,72,539 bigha government land have been encroached in the state.
According to the state government records, around 20.64 lakh bigha land encroached alone in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district, while 6.07 lakh bigha land in Bodoland Territorial Districts (BTC) area, 3.86 lakh bigha land in Sonitpur district, 3.68 lakh bigha land in Nagaon district, 2.33 lakh bigha land in Goalpara district, 1.84 lakh bigha land in Morigaon district, 1.45 lakh bigh land in Hojai dstrict, 1.52 lakh bigha land in Dhubri district, 1.25 lakh bigha land in Barpeta district, , 1.09 lakh bigha land in Golaghat district.
The Assam minister also said that, around 9717 bigha land encroached in the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) area, which comprising Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong district by the Meghalaya side.
Replying the query about eviction drive from government land, the minister said that, eviction of unauthorized occupants from government land as well as ejectment of unauthorized occupants from tribal belts and blocks is a continuous process as mandated by the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886.
In reply to an another query raised by Congress MLA Nandita Das, the Assam minister said that, a total 3550 families were evicted in past six month, who were encroached the government land.
“During the eviction drive conducted by the state government, 832 families in Dhubri district, 754 families in Mangaldoi, 655 families in Biswanath, 360 families in Nagaon, 280 families in Sivsagar, 182 families in Barpeta, 151 families in Kamrup, 98 families in Morigaon, 61 families in Kamrup (Metro) evicted during the period,” Pallab Lochan Das said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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