Guwahati, May 28 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: The Assam Forest Department and the Golaghat district administration have begun ground-level preparations for a fresh eviction drive at No. 2 Negheribil in Merapani, part of the Doyang Reserve Forest along the Assam-Nagaland border.

Special Chief Secretary M.K. Yadava on Thursday inspected the site in the presence of senior officials from the Forest Department, district administration, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and local police.

Drone surveillance was also carried out to assess whether any new structures had come up in the area since the previous eviction drive.

Speaking to reporters, Yadava said around 55 hectares of land had been cleared during an earlier eviction drive in the a...