Eviction in Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary begins in Sonitpur district

682 HECTARES OF LAND FREED ON DAY 1

OUR BUREAU

TEZPUR/GUWAHATI: The Sonitpur district administration today started a drive to free the Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary from illegal encroachments. The drive freed 682 hectares of the 1,892 hectares of land identified for eviction from encroachers today without any resistance. The drive will continue for the next two days.

The drive, which started this morning amid heavy security force deployment, will continue till Thursday. The anti-encroachment drive is being carried out to free nearly 1892 hectares of land from illegal occupation, officials said.

Around 2,513 households with 11,610 people were residing in the encroached area. The 682 hectares of land freed today were at Lanke Tapu (630 hectares) and 52 hectares in the Betoni and Kamalagarh areas.

A large number of security personnel have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident as the Sonitpur district administration started the eviction drive in the sar-sapori areas under Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary.

The administration has also deployed excavators for the eviction drive.

According to the district administration, huge areas of government land have been illegally occupied by encroachers in the area, and the administration has already issued notices to the occupying people to vacate the lands. Many of the encroachers left the sanctuary themselves during the past few days.

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