Lakhimpur district administration on Wednesday carried out a massive eviction drive in Sauldhowa-Thekeraguri area. Around 120 families have been affected by the eviction drive that cleared a few bighas of government land.
The families had lived in the area for years after being displaced by flood and erosion in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Majuli. Earlier, the administration had sent notice to the families to evict the government land that belonged to Soil Conservation Department.
"We have been living in the area for years now. Though the government has declared us landless, it has not yet allotted us any houses to live in," said a local after administration bulldozed her house. "I don't know where we will go now," added another local.
