Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has announced Rs 1 lakh one-time financial assistance in the two forest villages of Laika-Dodhia inside Dibru-Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.

Addressing the All Assam Tribal Sangha’s general conference at Makaria in Morigaon district on Saturday, Sonowalhas announced  Rs 1 lakh one-time financial assistance to 1300 families residing in the two forest village.  The CM said, “Our Government has taken measures for permanent rehabilitation of the indigenous people of Laika-Dodhia. Around 1,300 affected families will be provided Rs 1 lakh each by the Government."

The villages which will be benefited are located inside the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park have been the settlement of families who were displaced by the earthquake of 1950. Laika falls under the Tinsukia district and Dodhia in adjoining the Dibrugarh district. The villagers, who belong to the indigenous Mising tribe, mostly displaced people from Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts, have been residing in the two forest villages for the last 70 years. However, since India’s Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 prohibits any kind of human settlement within a national park, no development activities have been carried out in the two villages.

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