'3000 Bighas Of Land Given To A Private Company! Is This A Joke?': Gauhati HC Takes Exception To Allotment Of Tribal Land To Cement Company

The Gauhati High Court has expressed its reservation over the grant of around 3000 bighas of land to a private cement company (Mahabal Cements) for the purpose of mining in the state of Assam, in the Dima Hasao region.Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi orally remarked, "3000 bighas! The entire district? What is going on? 3000 bighas allotted to a private company? We know how barren the land...