10,000 people in Assam face eviction from tribal council lands
The HinduGUWAHATI: Assam Revenue Minister Jogen Mohan on Friday defended a tribal council’s plan to evict about 10,000 people from areas designated as professional grazing reserves and village grazing reserves. The move by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council to evict 2,086 families of “illegal settlers” sparked unrest, leading to the injury of 11 persons and the arrest of 17 a week ago. Protest by tribal organisations While the KAAC has been working on the eviction, the issue reached a flashpoint on February 15 when members of two tribal organisations — Karbi Students’ Association and Autonomous State Demand Committee Youth Front — staged a protest demanding the eviction of the settlers from the VGR and PGR lands in the Hawaipur area of West Karbi Anglong and the Phuloni area of Karbi Anglong. The KAAC’s chief executive member, Tuliram Ronghang, said the council resolved to evict the settlers “in line with a Supreme Court order” and the Karbi Anglong Act of 1953 in exercise of powers conferred under a relevant clause of the Sixth Schedule.
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