Guwahati, June 4 -- On the eve of World Environment Day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam highlighted several environmental initiatives undertaken by the state government over the past decade.

State BJP spokesperson Kamal Kumar Medhi stated that the government has prioritised ecological preservation through large-scale forest reclamation and afforestation.

According to the party, more than 25,000 acres of forest land have been reclaimed from illegal encroachment over the last five years.

Detailing specific interventions, the party noted that eviction drives in the Dahikata Reserved Forest of Goalpara in November last year resulted in the clearance of nearly 600 encroachments and the restoration of approximately 1,150 bighas of...