299 families evicted: Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam

The authorities in central Assam’s Sonitpur district on Saturday carried out a drive to evict 299 families from government land, officials said.

Assam saw one of the biggest eviction drives on Saturday in Sialmari in Sonitpur district. Homes of 299 families were bulldozed, authorities claimed that the houses were built on government land citing that as the reason for Bulldozer action.

A solar plant is expected to come up on 330 acres cleared in the district’s No. 3 Chitalmari area with the excavators, bulldozers and demolition workers.