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GUWAHATI
The Gauhati High Court has ordered 4 Assam authorities departments to supply basal amenities to members of 566 families surviving successful a makeshift campy since their eviction from a wetland successful June 2025.
These people, mostly Bengal-origin oregon Bengali-speaking Muslims, were ejected from Hasila Beel successful occidental Assam’s Goalpara territory during an anti-encroachment drive.
Sixty affected radical had jointly filed a petition alleging that the evictions connected the grounds that the onshore they inhabited formed a portion of the Hasila Beel wetland was contrary to the instrumentality laid down by the Supreme Court successful assorted judgements.
Life of destitution: petitioners
The petitioners said that the members of the families, including children, person been compelled to instrumentality refuge successful a compact crippled of patta (title deed) onshore belonging to “other persons”. They besides said that they person been surviving successful a authorities of destitution, without potable water, sanitation, food, oregon due aesculapian care.
“...a authorities of humanitarian situation has ensued, starring to deaths and suffering among the radical residing successful makeshift camps since the day of their eviction,” the petition read.
Hearing the petition connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026), the Bench of Justice Devashis Baruah directed the State departments of Health, Food and Civil Supplies, Public Health Engineering, and Elementary Education to instantly supply rations nether the National Food Security Act (NFSA), aesculapian services, drinking water, and sanitation facilities to the evicted families staying successful makeshift camps.
The tribunal besides sought acquisition facilities for the children of these evicted families.
Advocate Zunaid Khalid, who represented the petitioners, said that the tribunal directed the authorities to record affidavits by March 9, outlining the basal amenities being provided.
