Kokrajhar, Nov 20: The newly formed Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is preparing to conduct a detailed verification of government land across multiple circles, an exercise seen as a crucial precursor to distributing land pattas in the region.

BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary, on Thursday, said the Council will soon begin verification drives in Kokrajhar, Sidli and Gosaigaon circles.

“How much ever government-owned land is there, we have had discussion to verify the details of the people who have occupied those lands,” he told the press after chairing an Executive Council (EC) meeting at the BTC Secretariat in Kokrajhar.

To carry out the extensive verification, the BTC will mobilise around 200 retired personnel, who will be assigned duties across circle offices.

“After this work is done

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