{"id":196707,"date":"2026-03-16T12:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=196707"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:08:30","slug":"demolition-drive-leaves-500-muslims-homeless-in-assams-azara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/16\/demolition-drive-leaves-500-muslims-homeless-in-assams-azara.html","title":{"rendered":"Demolition drive leaves 500 Muslims homeless in Assam&#8217;s Azara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195338\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1291\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123-390x205.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123-780x410.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1291px) 100vw, 1291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Azara: The demolition drive in Assam\u2019s Azara district administration has left around 500 Muslim families homeless, targeting their homes on approximately 737 bighas of land in a designated tribal belt.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, authorities claim only non-tribals settled before the declaration can stay, but affected families say they&#8217;ve lived there for nearly two decades, receiving government benefits after being displaced by floods and erosion.<\/p>\n<p>The families are now seeking justice, alleging the drive is targeting minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azara: The demolition drive in Assam\u2019s Azara district administration has left around 500 Muslim families homeless, targeting their homes on approximately 737 bighas of land in a designated tribal belt. According to Kashmir Media Service, authorities claim only non-tribals settled before the declaration can stay, but affected families say they&#8217;ve lived there for nearly two &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/demolish123.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196708,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196707\/revisions\/196708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}