More than a decade after losing her orchards and livelihood to the construction of the Silchar–Saurashtra East–West Corridor four-lane National Highway, a woman from Dima Hasao can finally breathe a sigh of relief. A crucial decision taken by the Assam Cabinet under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma has paved the way for long-pending compensation to hundreds of affected families.

The highway project, which cuts through Dima Hasao—one of Assam’s prominent hill districts—had resulted in the destruction of agricultural land and homes belonging to 834 families across 28 villages stretching from Nirimangla to Harengajao. Entire communities were left devastated as farmlands vanished, houses were dismantled, and traditional sources of income disappeared overnight.

On December 7, the Cabinet a

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