A massive eviction drive to clear 330 acres of land in Assam's Sonitpur district began on Saturday morning amid heavy security, police said.
About 50 excavators, heavy machinery and a large number of workers were deployed for the drive to demolish houses in No. 3 Chitalmari area in Barchalla on the northern bank of Brahmaputra river, they said.
The process has been peaceful so far with almost all the illegal residents having already left the place with their belongings after receiving the eviction notice, a police officer said.
