The North EastFrontier Railway has carried out an eviction drive on Monday from GuwahatiRailway Station to Bharalumukh and evicted many people who were residing nearthe railway lines.

Public RelationOfficer (PRO) of NF Railway, Nripen Bhattacharyya said that the eviction drivehas been carried out from Guwahati Railway Station to Bharalumukh and the peoplewho have illegally encroached the railway land have been evicted.

Bhattacharyya saidthat, the people from across the state and outside entered the city andencroached the railway lands. "We carried out the eviction drive every monthand evicts the people. For some days they go to other places but after somedays they again come back in their original place. These people are engaged insome illegal work and some even run their own business by occupying the railwayland," said Bhattacharyya.

The PRO furtherinformed that all these people built huts near the railway lines and inLakhtokia area, the vegetable and fruit vendors have started vending zones nearthe railway lines. "We are trying to build concrete fencing near the railwaylines as these have been a long pending problem. We also seek state government'shelp to take measures to make the railway lands free from encroachment," saidBhattacharyya.