The Assamforestdepartment has admitted before the Gauhatihigh courtthat 320 hectares of reserved forestlandofLongai Reserved ForestinKarimganjdistrict have beenencroachedby people fromMizoram.
The petitioners advocate said the divisional forest officer in its affidavit stated that about two/three families from Mizoram encroached upon 7.58 hectares of the reserved forest land at Chutobubirbond inside Singla reserved forest along the Assam-Mizoram Border and constructed temporary houses and also raised during the Covid-19-induced lockdown. However, they were evicted and the area was cleared.