Assam eviction drive: Villagers vacate homes as deadline to clear encroached land ends
3 months, 1 week ago

Assam eviction drive: Villagers vacate homes as deadline to clear encroached land ends

The Hindu  

“A large number of families in Kochutoli village in Assam’s Kamrup district, which witnessed violence during a recent eviction drive, started vacating their homes with the deadline to clear “encroached land” ending on Monday,” officials said. “Eviction notices were served to those “illegally occupying government land” and stringent action would be taken against those who would remain there after the deadline,” one of the officials said. Director General of Police G. P. Singh said the attack on police personnel was suspected to be a case of ''conspiracy'' by a certain section as the eviction was continuing peacefully since September 9. Meanwhile, separate delegations of the Congress and AIUDF MLAs were prevented by pro-eviction tribal organisations from entering the village on Saturday The Congress alleged that the State Government has "violated court orders by not issuing relevant notice for eviction from Government land as there is a ruling by both the Supreme Court and Gauhati High Court in this regard".

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Eviction of illegal occupants from tribal land soon: Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Eviction of illegal occupants from tribal land soon: Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Thursday assured the Assembly that illegal transactions of land in scheduled and non-scheduled areas will be cancelled forthwith. Responding to a question from BJP MLA Bhaskar Madhei, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960 prohibits the sale of tribal lands to non-tribals in non-scheduled areas. If any non-tribal has …

450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam
2 months, 4 weeks ago

450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 450 families, who had illegally occupied part of the Bandarmatha Reserve Forest in Assam’s Goalpara district have been evicted during a drive by the state authorities, officials said on Tuesday. Many illegal structures erected in the reserved forest area in Assam’s Goalpara district were razed using bulldozers and other earth moving vehicles on Monday. Goalpara divisional forest office Tejas …

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
3 months, 1 week ago

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Congress instigated encroachers of land reserved for tribal people to attack the police and administrative officials during Thursday’s eviction drive that led to the death of two people in police firing, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. “The land from where the encroachers were evicted falls in the tribal belts and blocks, a category created by …

Assam: Two Killed as Police Opens Fire During Eviction Drive
3 months, 1 week ago

Assam: Two Killed as Police Opens Fire During Eviction Drive

News 18  

Two protestors were killed when police personnel opened fire to disperse a mob that attacked them during a drive to evict alleged encroachers in Kamrup district of Assam on Thursday, an official said. A team from Sonapur circle office and the police went to Kochutoli village in the district to evict Bengali-speaking Muslim villagers who had previously been removed from …

SC gives Uttarakhand govt. two months to finalise rehabilitation scheme for families facing Railway eviction in Haldwani
3 months, 1 week ago

SC gives Uttarakhand govt. two months to finalise rehabilitation scheme for families facing Railway eviction in Haldwani

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Uttarakhand government two months to finalise a rehabilitation scheme for families facing eviction by the Railways in Haldwani. A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant, in a hearing on July 24, asked the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary to meet with the Railway authorities and the Ministry of Urban Affairs to iron out a “fair …

10,000 people in Assam face eviction from tribal council lands
10 months ago

10,000 people in Assam face eviction from tribal council lands

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: 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 …

Stop Assam's 'selective and discriminatory' eviction drive in winter: Badruddin Ajmal writes to PM Modi, Shah
1 year, 11 months ago

Stop Assam's 'selective and discriminatory' eviction drive in winter: Badruddin Ajmal writes to PM Modi, Shah

India TV News  

Anti-encroachment drive: Badruddin Ajmal, All India United Democratic Front president and Lok Sabha MP, wrote two identical but separate letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging them to direct the Assam government to stop the ongoing eviction drive across the state. This inhuman action: Ajmal He informed Modi and Shah that the Assam government …

A timely halt: The Hindu Editorial on the Haldwani eviction issue
1 year, 11 months ago

A timely halt: The Hindu Editorial on the Haldwani eviction issue

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s timely intervention has halted the forcible eviction of some 50,000 people from Haldwani in Uttarakhand, where the occupants are accused of squatting on railway property for decades. The Uttarakhand High Court had taken a tough stand against the residents, and passed a slew of directions that would have entailed their eviction within a week, backed by force, …

Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'
2 years, 3 months ago

Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'

News 18  

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. According to reports, a solar plant is expected to be built on the 330 acres that is being cleared in the …

Massive eviction drive underway in Assam's Sonitpur amid heavy security
2 years, 3 months ago

Massive eviction drive underway in Assam's Sonitpur amid heavy security

India TV News  

Highlights 50 excavators, heavy machinery and larger number of workers were deployed to demolish houses. An eviction drive was conducted in Sonitpur district in Assam to clear 330 acres of land in the midst of heavy security on Saturday morning, said the police. Approximately 50 excavators, heavy machinery, and a larger number of workers were deployed in order to demolish …

Assam Killings- "Blood Fell Down To The Ground; An Unfortunate Incident, Tragedy": Gauhati HC Seeks Govt Reply On Its Eviction Drive
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam Killings- "Blood Fell Down To The Ground; An Unfortunate Incident, Tragedy": Gauhati HC Seeks Govt Reply On Its Eviction Drive

Live Law  

Hearing a plea filed regarding the ongoing eviction drive in the state of Assam and the September 23 Dholpur killing in which two civilians were killed and nearly 20 others were injured, the Gauhati High Court granted three weeks' time to State Government to file its reply and listed the matter for November 3.The Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia …

Muslims in India’s Assam in shock after deadly eviction drive
3 years, 2 months ago

Muslims in India’s Assam in shock after deadly eviction drive

Al Jazeera  

Up to 1,300 families made homeless and two villagers killed as authorities in India’s Assam launch eviction drive. Mainal Haq, a 28-year-old farmer was one of the two people killed during a government eviction drive in Dhalpur Part 3 village located on the riverine island of the Brahmaputra river in Darrang district. “Our family moved here from Barpeta in 1982 …

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Sarma Orders Judicial Probe, Says Eviction Drive ‘Not Done Overnight’
3 years, 2 months ago

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Sarma Orders Judicial Probe, Says Eviction Drive ‘Not Done Overnight’

ABP News  

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that he has ordered a judicial probe into the violence during eviction drive in Sipajhar in Darrang district, adding over 11 policemen were also injured in the untoward incident. READ: Assam: Cameraman Seen In Viral Police Firing Video Arrested, CID To Probe Sarma said the eviction drive was urgent and …

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