However, an agreement could be reached to maintain the status quo. Accusing the Assam government of violating the status quo, the Niki group pointed out that Assam has boundary disputes with most States in the Northeast.It asked the Naga public to question the Nagaland government as to how the visits of Naga politicians to a border area when the situation flares up and then leaving the place unattended help in the defence and protection of Naga ancestral lands.“…The need of the hour is boosting security along the borders of Naga ancestral lands,” the outfit said, insisting that more police personnel, home guards and village guards should be recruited and deployed to the border areas.The Assam government has deployed a large number of police personnel and bulldozers to clear 11,000 bighas of land at Uriamghat.Divisional Forest Officer, Golaghat Gunadeep Das told TNIE that the drive on Tuesday, as initially planned, appeared unlikely.“The eviction drive on July 29 has not been finalised yet. Land survey operations are underway,” Das said, adding that an estimated 15,000 people were settled in the area, but 60% of them had already left.These people are mostly from Muslim families. This will be the biggest eviction drive in Assam in recent times. Major eviction drives were carried out in Lakhimpur, Goalpara and Dhubri districts earlier this month.
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