Imphal, 04 August 2016  : Forest Department yesterday evicted encroachers from a Reserved Forest area at Lamlongei Lokchao Nepali Basti under Heingang police station. Staff of the department dismantled about 20 houses constructed in the area yesterday morning.  Officials said the department has repeatedly asked the encroachers to leave the Reserved Forest area. They also said despite the warnings the encroachers constructed more houses in the area forcing the forest department to evict them. About 20 houses were dismantled . On the other hand, an evicted man said they were not given notice ahead of the eviction by the authority. He said they were suddenly evicted without warning. The evicted people urged the authority concerned to give them some more time to shift their belongings to another place.