Five organisations based in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district have threatened to impose an economic blockade against Nagaland on November 20, 2020.
According to these organisations, Lotha and Tangkhul tribal people of Nagaland, backed by their State administration, have been encroaching upon areas inside the Daldali Reserve Forest in Karbi Anglong.
- Forest officials in Karbi Anglong have also raised concerns over encroachment by people from Nagaland by removing pillars demarcating the 512.1-km border between the two States.
- The Nagaland government has allegedly issued land allotment certificates to the encroachers in Assam.
- The Nagaland government has denied “illegal occupation” of land in Assam, claiming that its police personnel were keeping vigil within the State’s periphery.
- At least 350 people have lost their lives on Assam’s periphery, mostly along the boundary with Nagaland since 1965. A majority of the victims have been from Assam.
(Source: The Hindu)
