Guwahati, Sept 01: Women of Silsako in Guwahati on Friday staged half nude protest against the Guwahati Municipal Development Authority (GMDA) eviction drive.
Protests erupted in response to the administration’s eviction efforts, leading to clashes between protestors and law enforcement authorities.
While officials said that they had given prior notice to the people to evict the site, the residents claimed that they had nowhere to go and the government had not arranged any alternative options for them.
The women from the protesting community resorted to removing their own clothes as a symbolic act of resistance against the alleged eviction, expressing their determination to stay in their homes at any cost.
The police tried to disperse the crowd, but the women refused to budge.
“For many years, we are living here. We have constructed our house and we have electricity. Now, government is evicting us from our house, then where we will go,” said a senior resident of Silsako.
Around 100 women protesters come out of their residence to protest against the eviction drive.
A woman protester said, “Today, some of our women staged half naked protest. We are protesting for last six months, nobody is listening. The government should kill us with bullets. We are fighting for our rights and amenities but the dictator government led by Himanta Biswa Sarma is crushing us.”
In February this year, the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) initiated the eviction drive at Silsako Beel, a protected wetland in Guwahati, Assam, resulting in the demolition of nearly 250 “illegally constructed” houses, with more demolitions expected.
It may be mentioned that earlier a magisterial probe was ordered into the “eviction drive” at Silsako Beel in Guwahati, Assam. This magisterial probe was ordered by the Kamrup-Metro district administration following a directive from the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
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