Guwahati: Assam Forest Department seized a huge quantity of illegal timber from Barpeta district of Assam.
The seizure was made by a team of Assam Forest department led by Divisional Forest Officer Jitendra Kumar on Tuesday during a raid at seven illegal sawmills at Baghbor Chapori area of the district.
Officials informed that the seized items are evaluated to be worth of several lakhs of rupees.
“The forest department has been continuously launching operations against illegal sawmills,” said Jitendra Kumar, DFO of the Goalpara division.
“We received information that there are around 7-10 illegal sawmills running in this area and based on that input, we launched the operation. During the operation, we seized many timbers. Our operation will be going on,” he added.