Sribhumi Municipality Faces Backlash After Inaugurating Evicted Market

Guwahati: Sribhumi Municipality officials are under fire after inaugurating a market they cleared in a major eviction operation just weeks earlier. The June 8 drive hit the Ghat Line area with heavy police backup. The target was a market built on railway land, officially labeled as unauthorized.

Less than three weeks later, the situation flipped. Municipality Chairman Rabindra Chandra Dev cut the ribbon to reopen the site on June 24. Local BJP and Congress leaders joined him at the ceremony. Residents say the market has sat on that land for years, surviving repeated, failed cleanup attempts. It usually pops back up quickly.

Critics are now questioning the consistency of the municipal administration. CPI leader Chandan Chakraborty slammed the decision to restart the market. He warned of a larger public agitation in the coming days against what he described as the municipality's actions.

No official statement explains why the status of the land changed so suddenly. The municipality remains silent on the about-face.