Massive eviction drive in India

Security person move towards the area to carry out an eviction drive carry out by district administration to clear encroachments from nearly 1,000 bigha of land (1.35 sqkm) around Batadraba Than, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev in Nagaon District of Assam, India on December 19,2022. Over 800 security personnel have been deployed at Batadraba at Nagaon district of central Assam after the district administration started a massive eviction drive in the area on Monday morning.The district administration is conducting the drive at Bhumuraguri Grazing reserve, Jamai Basti, Rampur, and Kadamoni areas where encroachers have occupied more than 980 bighas of land.