Overview
- Authorities issued notices to roughly 580–588 households more than two weeks in advance, and officials say about 70% vacated before demolitions began.
- The operation targets about 1,140 bighas (approximately 153 hectares) across five designated blocks over November 9–10.
- Over 1,000 personnel, including CRPF and specialized police units, and dozens of excavators were deployed to carry out the demolitions.
- Officials report the drive proceeded largely peacefully, though some residents protested and police made preventive detentions.
- The state frames the action as land reclamation under Gauhati High Court directives and a step to reduce human–elephant conflict, while many affected—largely Bengali-speaking Muslims—dispute being labeled encroachers and cite long-term residence and documents.