Overview

• In the Rengma Reserve Forest operation, authorities reclaimed about 8,900 bighas and displaced some 1,500 families over five days.
• A similar drive in Nambor South Reserve Forest recovered nearly 1,000 bighas and evicted over 350 households without reported resistance.
• District officials have served eviction notices to 205 families in Negheribil ahead of the August 8 drive, prompting many to relocate preemptively.
• The Assam Forest Department led the operations in coordination with Assam Police, CRPF, Golaghat district administration and Nagaland authorities.
• Locals in Uriamghat warn that cleared land along the Assam–Nagaland border could be seized by Naga claimants, calling for sustained patrols.