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More than 3.14 lakh hectares of forest land across Assam remain under encroachment, including areas within national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests, Forest Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah told the state legislative assembly on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Responding to a question from Asom Gana Parishad MLA Diptimayee Choudhury, he said a total of 314,139.435 hectares are currently occupied illegally across eight national parks and wildlife sanctuaries and 281 reserve forests.<\/span><\/p>\n Data placed before the House showed that 17,421.5 hectares inside the eight national parks and wildlife sanctuaries are encroached, while 296,717.935 hectares of reserve forest land remain under illegal occupation. The figures were presented as part of the assembly reply to the MLA\u2019s query.<\/span><\/p>\n Mallabaruah highlighted progress made through the state\u2019s anti-encroachment drives over the past five years. Between 2021\u201322 and 2025\u201326, the Assam government reclaimed 16,937.2466 hectares of encroached land-equivalent to 1,26,605.92 bighas-from national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests.<\/span><\/p>\n Providing a year-by-year update, the minister said that in 2025\u201326 the government cleared 4,688.34 hectares of encroached land from reserve forest areas. Over the five-year period, a cumulative 5,918.14 hectares were reclaimed from the eight national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.<\/span><\/p>\n Mallabaruah also told the House that plantation work has been carried out in several reclaimed areas as part of ecological restoration efforts. He referred to the launch of the \u201cJanmadin Seuj Shapat Udyan\u201d (Birthday Green Pledge Garden) initiative by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, a programme that encourages citizens to plant a sapling on their birthdays to promote conservation and boost public participation in afforestation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than 3.14 lakh hectares of forest land across Assam remain under encroachment, including areas within national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests, Forest Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah told the state legislative assembly on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Responding to a question from Asom Gana Parishad MLA Diptimayee Choudhury, he said a total of 314,139.435 hectares […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":155371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Staff Reporter :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[56225],"class_list":["post-155370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-forestlandencroachment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":160278,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=160278","url_meta":{"origin":155370,"position":0},"title":"Assam: Eviction Drive Resumes at Lutumari Forest, 600 Families at Risk","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"October 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An eviction drive resumed at the Lutumari Reserved Forest in Assam\u2019s Nagaon district on October 18, with around 600 families occupying 314 hectares of forest land facing eviction across several locations. 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