The Committee in its interim report also recommended a slew of measures including an immediate survey and settlement operation, to protect land of the indigenous people. The Committee in its interim report also recommended a slew of measures including an immediate survey and settlement operation, to protect land of the indigenous people. Unrestrained influx of Bangladeshis, coupled with massive transfer of land facilitated by a corrupt bureaucrat-politician nexus, has led to alarming land alienation among indigenous communities in Assam in the past several decades. This has been pointed out in the interim report of Committee appointed by the BJP-led government of Sarbananda Sonowal, submitted earlier this week. The Committee in its interim report also recommended a slew of measures including an immediate survey and settlement operation, to protect land of the indigenous people.

Source: Indian Express July 27, 2017 14:03 UTC