Guwahati, Feb 20: Hundreds of locals staged a massive protest against illegal land excavation in Palashbari area in Kamrup district of Assam on Monday.

Women and and children joined the protest by shouting anti-government slogans and showing placards. They also burned tyres on the street.

Angry protesters blocked several vehicles on the road and also staged a demonstration infront of the forest office in Kukurmara.

The protestors alleged that illegal land excavations were going on in the area since many years,.

Angry protestors also threatened to intensity their protest if the illegal land excavations was not stopped immediately.

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