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Guwahati: The Kadam Revenue Circle of Lakhimpur district evicted several encroachers on land belonging to the Soil Conservation (SC) department in Thekeraguri on the left-hand bank of Subansiri district. 

The eviction was carried out following complaints by the Lakhimpur district Soil Conservation department a week ago.

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The SC land consisting of 106 bighas was reportedly encroached on by some 13 families and was cleared by the officials from Kadam Revenue Circle after receiving an on-the-spot assessment report by the village head assigned by the Revenue Circle Officer. 

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All the 13 illegally constructed houses were bulldozed in that eviction drive at the SC plantation land at Thekeraguri under Chawul Dhowa Police Outpost. 

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According to the Kadam Revenue Circle officials, similar evictions were carried out in 2019 on the same encroached SC plantation land at Thekeraguri. 

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However many of the evicted families have returned to the same land recently and built houses. A case has been lodged by the SC department over the issue.

 

Farhana Ahmed is Northeast Now Correspondent in North Lakhimpur. She can be reached at: [email protected]