Overview
- After a tripartite meeting, the government announced fencing of about 8,000 bighas of vacant VGR–PGR land, shifting of government offices from those areas, and cancellation of recent trade licences issued there.
- The chief minister said the state will move the Gauhati High Court for an early order on the eviction stay, with the KAAC to file its pending affidavit by January 5 and a follow-up meeting planned for January 16–17.
- Ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh and a government job were announced for the family of the man killed in police firing, and police cases from the agitation will be withdrawn except the case over a death in an arson attack.
- Security forces from Assam Police, RAF, CRPF and the Army remain deployed with prohibitory orders, night curfew and mobile data suspension still in place in the Kheroni–Phelangpi belt.
- The latest steps follow clashes linked to a 15-day hunger strike over alleged encroachment of Sixth Schedule grazing reserves that left two people dead and more than 70 injured, including over 60 police personnel, and protest leaders say eviction demands remain unmet.