Updated: Share Article AAA The Assam government has cleared over 3,400 hectares of forest land of encroachments from 2016-2020, Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said on Sunday. A total of 915.05 hectares of land have been cleared of encroachment between April and June 23 this year, he said. The Forest Department has destroyed 2,960 illegal structures in reserve forests, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and other protected areas and arrested 194 people between 2016 and 2020, he said. A total of 615 hectares have been cleared in Karbi Anglong West Division, 185.5 hectares in Lower Assam Zone, 50 hectares in Karbi Anglong East Division, 40 hectares in Kokrajhar’s Haltugaon area, 22 hectares in Orang National Park and 2.5 hectares in Upper Assam Zone.