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Assam: Thousands protest against 'proposed airstrip on NH-54'

Updated On: 20 March, 2023 06:40 PM IST | Guwahati | mid-day online correspondent

Locals said that in addition to establishing various government institutions including schools, playgrounds, in these areas, temples, mosques, madrasas, cemeteries, cemeteries, etc. were established in the pre-independence period

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The protesters fear that if the land is acquired in these areas, the greater region will be "economically affected"

The protesters fear that if the land is acquired in these areas, the greater region will be "economically affected"

Thousands of locals today gheraoed the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Hojai sub-division in Assam to protest against the "proposed site of construction of an airstrip".

The people of the villages in Hojai sub-division are worried about the commencement of what they have described as "the initial work of acquiring land in about five villages on the right side of the national highway".

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