The Mahamaya forest area, once a resourceful and dense forest area in the district of Dhubri is on the way to silent anhilation due to the activities of some unscruplous forest officials and workers. The area is witnessing large scale deforestation due to the felling of trees, which is also resulting in depletion of the flora and fauna, all of which is attributable to the activities of the timber smugglers. Unfortunately these smugglers operate under the very eyes of the officials of the Forest Department. With an area of 9,768 hectares of forest land, which is home to precious species of trees like Sal, Segun, Gomari, Bohera, Titasap and other valuable timbers, is falling victim to the greed of smugglers who are hand in glove with the forest officials. Once the trees are felled they are loaded on thelas and horse carts and carried into remote areas where these trees are cut down in size to be openly sold in various markets or weekly bazaars. Some of these valuable trees are also transhipped to Bangladesh through the river route. Such activities of deforestation continue unabated at Rupshi, Makrijhora, Bhelakuwa, Tipkai, Alamganj and Panbari forest areas despite the existence of forest beat officers in the area. Thelas laden with smuggled timbers are daily seen crossing the NH-31, much to the chagrin of the nature lovers. Not only the Mahamaya forest, 170.2 hectares of Bhelakuwa forest, 216.3 hectares of Tipkai forest, 172.31 hectares of Chillikhata forest, 48 hectares of Dhudhumari, 170 hectares of Shakhati forest and the Rupshi forest areas of the district are on the way to extinction. Apart from this, some professional truck owners have further worsened the situation by their earth cutting activities in Makrijhora, New Panbari, Pahartoli and Alamganj forest areas, which is vastly reducing the natural vegetation. This in turn, is causing imbalances in the ecological and environmental aspects. It has been alleged that the faulty Forest Policy of 1981, framed by the Central Government and the lack of farsightedness of the Asom Government have led to the sheer neglect and waste of the forest resources. Again, the Wild Life Protection Act of 1980 has been ineffective as none of its measures to protect the wild life has proved good. A case in point is the indiscriminate poaching of rhinos in Asom apart from the other species who routinely fall prey to human greed. All these incidents have put a serious question mark over the credibility of the Asom Government.