Land right

GUWAHATI : Locals of the city have alleged that government department has involved in discrimination while doing the eviction in the hill areas in the city. On Sunday hundred of the locals in Sankardev Nagar in the Megzin area in the city have said that the district administration and the forest officials left the residences of the people in power while they evicted the residences of the common people in the area.
"See the house of Thaneswar Kalita which has been broken by the administration in our area.But the house of a MLA has been left untouched which is just adjacent to Kalita's residence," said a resident of Sankardev Nagar.
They said that the residence of Dhemaji MLA Sumitra Patir is located just nearer to Thaneswar Kalita . But personnel from district administration allegedly have left Patir's residence untouched. Patir also said that she did not have a myadi patta for the land which she bought from a local Karbi resident. "I have no myadi patta for the residential campus which i bought from a local Karbi family," said Sumitra Patir. However Patir said that she was not aware of the eviction in her area.
According to her there should not be any discrimination in the eviction in the Megzine area in the city . " No discrimination should be there . If government has started eviction in the area my residence should not be left untouched if I violated the rules," said Patir.
On Sunday the people of the locality scheduled to be united under the banner of Sankardev Nagar Unnayan Samiti to raise their voice against the discrimination which was interrupted by the continual raining in the city. "It becomes the need of the hour to be united against the government discrimination which became prevalent in the eviction process although many of us have been targeted by the administration," said another resident.
All the agitating people in the city have sought the farmer's leader Akhil Gogoi as their leader for the anti-eviction drive in the city . On Sunday many people in Megzine area said that Akhil Gogoi gave their protest a new democratic touch which inspired all of the deprived people in the city who have been remaining deprived of land right for decades in the hill areas . "We want Akhil with us. Government should release him soon," said a protestor in Megzine area on Sunday.
People said that they will raise their voice against government eviction by a torch light procession in the evening at Geetanagar area in the city. People said that they will continue their protest until they will be provided proper documents for their land rights in the city.