HT Correspondent
JORHAT, July 5: The Jorhat district unit of the Asom Jatiyabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has urged the Assam Government to establish new Border Outposts (BoPs) along the Assam–Nagaland border to prevent what it described as “large-scale encroachment” of state land by residents from the neighbouring state.
In a memorandum submitted to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma through the office of the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner on Saturday, AJYCP district president Ashim Jyoti Saikia and general secretary Biswajit Gayan put forward six key demands, stressing the urgency of government intervention in the border areas.
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The student body expressed deep concern over alleged decades-long encroachment in three reserve forests near Mariani—Dissoi Valley Reserve Forest, Dissoi Reserve Forest, and Tiru Hills Reserve Forest—by individuals from the Nagaland side.
The AJYCP claimed that large tracts of land in these forests have been destroyed and converted into rubber plantations.
Among the major demands listed in the memorandum were immediate eviction drives in the encroached forest areas, afforestation in cleared lands, and the establishment of new BoPs in sensitive zones.
The AJYCP also urged the government to deploy commando police units in vulnerable stretches of the border to deter further encroachment.
Additional demands include intensified patrolling by Forest and Police Department personnel, and the relocation of existing Assam BoPs situated far from the actual boundary to positions nearer the border.
The memorandum also called for the removal of the Chutaphala check gate, which the AJYCP claims is operated by the Nagaland Government within Assam territory on the Mariani–Mokokchung road.
Speaking to this newspaper, AJYCP Jorhat district general secretary Biswajit Gayan said that a team from the organisation will visit the border villages under Mariani Police Station on July 9 to assess the ground situation and interact with residents living in proximity to the inter-state boundary.
The AJYCP has long maintained that failure to act decisively on the Assam–Nagaland border issue not only endangers Assam’s territorial integrity but also undermines the rights and security of communities living in border areas.
