Assam's Eviction Drive Clears Path for Power Plant Amid Controversy | Science-Environment

Assam's Eviction Drive Clears Path for Power Plant Amid Controversy | Science-Environment

An eviction drive in Assam’s Goalpara district cleared 135 hectares of forest land, involving 1,080 families. The operation, conducted peacefully with heavy security, allows for new plantation and infrastructure development. The exercise faced criticism, especially as it aims to enable a power plant construction by the Adani Group.

Assam: Homes of 1,080 families bulldozed in Goalpara eviction drive

The majority of the people in the area had dismantled their homes and moved out before the eviction drive took place, said officials.

Major Eviction Drive In Assam's Goalpara To Remove Forest Land Encroachment

A massive eviction drive is being undertaken against those encroaching on forest land in Assam's Goalpara district.

PPFA Slams Media for Propagating and Mystifying the Term  ‘Bengali-origin’

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a forum of nationalist citizens in northeast India,  while appreciating the State government for its decisive actions to regain thousands of encroached lands from the clutches of illegal settlers, has also emphasized on proper initiatives to compensate the evicted families under the law. The forum admits that the indigenous population of Assam will support the series of eviction drives, which were…

Assam Forest land cleared during eviction drive in Goalpara

Goalpara, Jul 12 (PTI) An eviction drive to clear encroachment of around 135 hectares of land in the Paikan Reserve

Assam: Eviction drive begins in Goalpara’s Paikan Reserve Forest

Guwahati: An eviction drive to remove encroachments from approximately 135 hectares of land in the Paikan Reserve Forest in Assam’s Goalpara district began on Saturday morning, officials said. The operation, carried out with the deployment of around 40 excavators and a large number of security personnel, has remained peaceful so far, they added. “The eviction […] The post Assam: Eviction drive begins in Goalpara’s Paikan Reserve Forest appeared …