Archive · 10 Aug 2025
Eviction Drive Clears Land in Assam's Doyang Reserve Forest
The government removed people and structures from a forest area in Assam.
This was done to reclaim land that had been taken illegally.
Over 50 hectares of forest were cleared of houses and other buildings.
The government had given warnings before.
Now, the government will plant trees in the cleared area.
Officials from different government branches and the Nagaland government worked together.
Eviction drive conducted in Negheribil, Assam, along the Assam-Nagaland border.
146 households and illegal structures were removed from over 50 hectares.
Operation aimed to reclaim encroached land in Doyang Reserve Forest.
The eviction followed legal processes with prior notices to encroachers.
Plantation drives will follow in the cleared areas.
- Who
- Government officials, including Special Chief Secretary of Assam.
- What
- Eviction drive to reclaim encroached land.
- When
- Today
- Where
- Negheribil, Assam, along Assam-Nagaland border, Doyang Reserve Forest.
- Why
- To reclaim encroached forest land.
- Location
- Negheribil, Assam
- Area cleared
- 50 hectares
- Households removed
- 146
- Reason
- Reclaiming encroached land
- Next Step
- Plantation drives