HOJAI: The Hojai town authorities have demolished as many as 10 unauthorised shops and 12 houses at New Market near Hojai Railway Station on Thursday in an eviction drive carried out peacefully from morning 10 AMonwards by the Northern Eastern Railways with the help of local administration.
The eviction was carried out with full security arrangements in the presence of Railway Officers, Circle officer, Police, Fire Brigade and CRPF authorities.
It is to be mentioned here that for the construction of long pending project of fly over bridge and for the completion of New Station building this eviction drive was carried out with prior notice to the encroachers.
Hojai: The countrywide lockdown has hit hard the farmers in Mainapur, Laskharpathar, Bhimarali, Chikarigate, Amtola, Milikbasti, Daryabasti, Nayanpur, Kaki area in the district. Farm produce is now rotting away in the fields. The farmers are now in complete distress and dilemma amid lockdown, as markets are closed.
"Around 300 families of Amtola Village,5 km away from the main town are solely dependant on cultivation, each day passing our tonnes of tomato, lemon, pepper, ladyfinger, bitter gourd, cabbage, cauliflower are spoiling, no facility the farmer's here received from administration to selloff the vegetables, however, we somehow managed to sale some of our...
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