Eviction Drive At Silsako Beel: Magisterial Probe Ordered By Kamrup (Metro) District Administration

A magisterial probe has been ordered into the eviction drive at Silsako Beel in Guwahati by the Kamrup (Metro) district administration following a directive from the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC).

Eviction Drive At Silsako Beel

The magisterial enquiry will be conducted by additional district magistrate (ADM) Priyanshu Bharadwaj. Notably, assistant commissioner and executive magistrate of Kamrup (Metro) district Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita has been directed to assist Priyanshu Bharadwaj.

The findings will be submitted to the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) within seven days. Earlier, the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) launched an eviction drive at Silsako beel, a protected wetland in Guwahati in February this year.

Around 250 illegally constructed houses on Silsako beel were demolished in the eviction drive. According to sources, nearly 1200 bighas of land in Silsako beel are being encroached upon.