Guwahati Authorities Clear Encroachments on TB Hospital Land in Birubari

Overview

• The Kamrup Metropolitan district administration carried out a police-backed eviction in Birubari, which began Friday, using bulldozers to demolish several structures that officials said were illegal on TB Hospital land.
• Authorities say the contested plot was allotted to the TB Hospital in 1975 and is now needed for medical college infrastructure such as labs and student hostels.
• The administration says it served eviction notices to 63 families in advance and has announced Rs 5 lakh per family as compensation and rehabilitation assistance.
• Several displaced residents say they were given inadequate notice, lost belongings and possess long-standing land records dating back generations, and officials have not publicly resolved those specific claims.
• The action is described by officials as part of a wider drive to reclaim encroached public land in Guwahati and Assam, but detailed rehabilitation plans and formal reuse schedules for the cleared plots have not yet been released.