Precisely at a time when the Assam Government has decided to promote agriculture and biodiversity conservation in a major way, a substantial tract of fertile land and a wetland are being handed over to the Assam Rifles to be converted into a built-up area.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ar-bid-occupy-agri-land-wetland-opposed
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/guwahati
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries