The farmers of Dhansiri subdivision have been maintaining their families by cultivation of rabi crops. More than 90 per cent people here are mainly dependent on agriculture. The areas of Assam-Nagaland border namely Nowjan, Beelgaon, Urinmghat, Sungajam, Tengani, Da-Pather, Doyang, are cultivating sugar cane, jute, mustard, potatoes, carrot, cauliflowers, onion, chillies, bringals and other green vegetables. The farmers supply their products outside Assam. But due to the absence of marketing, the farmers have to sell at cheap prices to the businessmen without much benefit. The local farmers and the people of Dhansiri demanded to the government to install a cold storage system at Dhansiri. It may be mentioned here that the then food processing minister Tarun Gogoi assured the people of Dhansiri to establish a food processing building at Dhansiri, when he had attended a meeting held on November 11, 1994 at Barpathar. But after the lapse of 13 years no food processing building was established till now, it is alleged by the farmers of Dhansiri. The farmers have demanded that inspite of cultivation in three lakh hectares of land with a population of 2,12,853, Dhansiri had been deprived of a cold storage system and for which majority of the products of rabi crops have been damaged. The conscious people and the farmers of the Dhansiri district have demanded that the government should immediately establish a cold storage at Dhansiri. Encroachment on border: The Golaghat forest division was declared by the government on January 9, 1998 through gazette notification No. FRP/18/78/231 by covering Karbi Anglong to the west, Kakodnuga to the east, Nagaland to the south and Brahmaputra to the north. Afterwards, north Numbor, south Numbor, Doyang, Rengma, upper Doigurung, lower Doigurung, forest reserves were also included in the Golaghat forest division. In 1963 the border of Assam-Nagaland was settled but since 1950, the encroachments were started within these RFs. It may be pertinent to mention that in August 28, 1965, the then Chief Minister had visited the border of the Assam-Nagaland for the first time. The conflicts between Assam and Nagaland began from the year 1967. In 1967, conflict began at Torani, in 1968, 69 and in 1970, in Dessoi area, in 1977 in Merapani. In 1979, January 5, the conflict began at Chungujan Uriumghat and Bokajan where 54 Assamese people were killed by the Nagas. Besides, 11 Assamese people were killed by the Nagas at Rajapukhuri area under Dhansiri subdivision. From that day onwards frequent firings, conflicts, kidnapping had been continuing till today, among the Assamese and Nagas. The Naga people and the suspected Bangladeshis are involved in encroachment activities. But it is a matter of great concern that the State government have been failing to take proper and viable steps against the encroachers. Due to the negligence of the State government, the Nagaland government taking advantage established a subdivision in the north Numbor area on February 10, 1987. Gradually the Nagaland government had another subdivision established at Diphu RF in November 1991. The Nagaland government had appointed SDOs on that subdivision in 1995. In the Golaghat forest division 11,03,795 hectares of forest land had already been occupied and till now 92,203 hectares of forest land had been encroached. On the other hand, 11,000 hectares of land had been encroached by the encroachers in Numbor and Doyang RF. A forest source said that upto the year 1990-2000, 2000 sqkm of forest lands had been encroached by the encroachers. The nature lovers and the herbal specialist people fear that the Numbor reserved forest once a storehouse of various species, herbal plants and a rich bio-diversity spot, but now everything had gone. The Golaghat district development scheme has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40 lakh for the repair of the agricultural embankment of Boukowal within Mohura mouza under Bokakhat constituency. Ranjit Das, president of the social justice, department No. 3 Mohura zila parishad, Golaghat and Dipalmoti Loiying, the president of the North Mohuragaon panchayat had visited Bonkowa and took stock of the situation of the repair works of the agricultural bundh and porcupine works recently. Das told this correspondent that the works for the prevention and protection of erosion of the river Brahmaputra have been neglected. He further alleged that the pucca bridge on the Galabeel river of Mohuramuh has not yet been completed and the construction works are also done slowly. He demanded of department concerned and the contractor of the construction of the pucca bridge to complete it immediately in the interest of the local people of Bonkowal and Mohuramukh. Das had demanded to the authority concerned to protect the life and property of the people of Bonkowal, Kemeri, Bholukaguri, Bortika, Afala, Gutunggaon, Norgaon, Mohuramukh and Dusutimukh from the heavy erosion of the Brahmaputra.