Overview

• Overnight removal of hundreds of trees in Dighalipukhuri and Ambari reverses the Assam government’s commitment to spare green cover in court affidavits.
• Civil society activists including Hiren Gohain and Dinesh Chandra Goswami held a press meet to denounce the covert operations and environmental risks.
• Students protesting nocturnal felling were detained by police, prompting activists to accuse authorities of suppressing dissent.
• Authorities report plans to translocate 77 trees, but experts warn that less than 10% of relocated trees survive without strict scientific protocols.
• An intervention application filed in the Gauhati High Court seeks an immediate halt to tree removal and demands a transparent ecological assessment.