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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"
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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