Clearing encroachers from Silsako, a wetland so vital to the overall health of Guwahati city, is a major initia-tive undertaken by the present government, and this operation must be carried on until every inch of land is freed. Restoring the original water-bearing capacity of Silsako will ease the drainage, water-logging, and flood problems of a major portion of south Guwahati, covering Dispur, Motoria, Khanapara, Panjabari, Chachal, Rukminigaon, Rukmininagar, Hengerabari, Narangi, and Satgaon. Any taxpayer residing in any of the residential localities of these areas will testify how increasing encroachment and shrinking of the Silsako wetland have also led to increased water logging, floods, and drainage problems in the past ten to fifteen years. While it is a fact that a sizable number of families—many of them belonging to indigenous communities and many more of doubtful origin—have been evicted due to the anti-encroachment drive carried out by the authorities, the reality is that they are all victims of a nexus comprising middlemen (or dalals), unscrupulous political leaders, and corrupt government officers. How can a person acquire or take possession of land in a wetland area without the tacit support or connivance of a section of political leaders and corrupt government officers? It is time a thorough in-quiry is carried out in order to identify the real culprits who incited and helped several hundred families occupy land in Silsako in the past twenty to twenty-five years. Several politically powerful people are known to have encroached on and even registered land in Silsako through illegal means. While a section of encroachers on Sat-urday tried to grab news headlines by protesting through indecent means that contradict Assamese social norms, one must support the government’s strong stand to free Silsako. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has re-vealed a plan to provide flats to the evicted people. But care must be taken to ensure that illegal migrants and doubtful people do not get this benefit. Moreover, similar eviction drives should now be carried out in other wet-lands and waterbodies, including Deepar Beel, Sola Beel, Bharalu, etc. Otherwise, the condition of Guwahati will continue to deteriorate, and genuine tax payers will be deprived of basic amenities.