Railway eviction drive in Margherita

Staff Reporter, Tinsukia, July 19: An eviction drive by the railway department continued in Margherita on Tuesday morning.The railway department today launched an eviction drive against illegal encroachments on both sides of the train line connecting Margherita to Digboi.Many people have been living on both sides of the train line connecting Margherita to Digboi by illegally encroaching houses etc.The railway department today demolished several houses and freed the railway department's land encroachments. Department officials said the railway department will carry out eviction drives at 25 illegal residences in the area. Department authorities also informed that notices in this regard were sent to each family in advance from the railway department. Families living on railway land for a long time are devastated and outraged by the eviction drive.