IndiaNewsWatchJun 18, 2024

The Communal Politics of Evictions in Assam: Looking back at Dhalpur

As more people shift from Dhalpur to Shyampur, the newly settled families are being allotted even less than one bigha land, while the rehabilitation sites lack basic infrastructure such as access roads, electricity and toilets.

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The Communal Politics of Evictions in Assam: Looking back at Dhalpur

As more people shift from Dhalpur to Shyampur, the newly settled families are being allotted even less than one bigha land, while the rehabilitation sites lack basic infrastructure such as access roads, electricity and toilets.

The Wire
IndiaNewsWatchSep 24, 2023

Two years after Assam evictions, hundreds of families wait for their promised land

Evicted for an agricultural project in September 2021, thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslim farmers survive in squalid shelters today.

https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/human-rights/spotlight-two-years-after-violent-eviction-drive-in-assam-darrang-hundreds-of-families-wait-for-their-promised-land/article67337541.ece

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Two years after Assam evictions, hundreds of families wait for their promised land

The Assam government forcibly evicted 700 Bengali-speaking Muslim families in Assam's Darrang district, promising land in return. two years later, they remain homeless, with no land and no compensation. The government project meanwhile failed, and the victims of river erosion have not been compensated either. Activists allege a communal agenda.

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