Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Nagaon to Evict Thousands from Lutumari Reserve Forest
The Nagaon district administration in Assam is going to kick out people who have been living on land they don't own in the Lutumari Reserve Forest.
They've given these people a warning to leave, but if they don't, the administration will force them out.
This isn't just happening to one group of people, everyone who's living there without permission has to go.
Nagaon district administration to launch major eviction drive in Lutumari Reserve Forest
Around 5,962 bighas of land encroached upon in the forest area
Encroachers given three-month notice to vacate, with an extension for harvesting sali paddy
Eviction drive not targeted at any specific community, notices served to around 100 Assamese families
Large-scale encroachment reported in areas like Chankhola, Kandapar, Jurirpar, Medinipar, and Majgaon
- Who
- Nagaon district administration
- What
- Launching an eviction drive
- When
- After a three-month notice period, with an extension for harvesting sali paddy
- Where
- Lutumari Reserve Forest, Nagaon district, Assam
- Why
- To remove encroachers from government and forest land
- Total encroached land
- 5,962 bighas
- Number of families affected
- Around 100
- Forest declaration year
- 1919
- Areas affected
- Chankhola, Kandapar, Jurirpar, Medinipar, Majgaon