Assam authorities conducted an eviction on Nov 9-10, clearing 153 hectares of forest in Goalpara, displacing 580 families.

“What is the model?” asks the planner. “Bulldozer first, policy later,” replies the cynic. Flip it. Build a replicable pipeline: notice, FRA‑screening, appeal, relocation budget, then machines. A state that iterates learns, a state that only demolishes repeats.

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