In what can be termed a crucial demolition drive against encroachments taking place near Saibangoda tribal hamlet, a Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) team along with SRPF cleared the illegal encroachments that had cropped up along Vihar lake.

Since the last few months and especially during the lockdown, there had been an increase in the illegal encroachments in the jurisdiction of the forest close to Saibangoda tribal hamlet near Vihar lake. Many people had encroached the land by constructing a temporary boundary surrounding the plot using wood and bushes, while at many places small huts were constructed.