Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Manipur have issued alerts amid an eviction drive against alleged undocumented immigrants in Assam, posing a threat to the northeastern states. The Assam government has freed thousands of acres of land and forests from encroachers in Goalpara alone.
Nagaland issued an alert citing the eviction drive in Assam, directing all deputy commissioners to heighten vigilance and take proactive measures to prevent any potential influx of alleged undocumented immigrants. In Meghalaya, additional chief secretary Shakeel P Ahamed issued a directive to top district officials to maintain heightened vigilance and take urgent measures to prevent any influx from Assam.
Manipur issued a similar advisory, instructing district authorities to maintain vigil along inter-state and international borders, even as the state does not share a border with Assam. The Manipur government asked all deputy commissioners and police superintendents to keep a robust mechanism to prevent anyone from crossing into state boundaries illegally and to maintain utmost vigil at international, inter-state, and inter-district boundaries to prevent any such movement.
