Guwahati, June 9: With the notification of two extra Nationwide Parks in Assam on Wednesday, the northeastern state now has seven such parks, the second most after Madhya Pradesh, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which have 9 every, state Surroundings and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya stated. He stated that Raimona and Dihing Patkai Nationwide Parks have been formally notified on Wednesday, taking Assam’s whole tally of Nationwide Parks to 7.
“Assam has grow to be the second state within the nation to have the best variety of Nationwide Parks after Madhya Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar. The newly created Nationwide Parks would assist to spice up conservation efforts and supply fillip to tourism and agriculture sectors,” he instructed the media on the ‘Aranya Bhawan’, headquarters of the Surroundings and Forest Division.
The 234.26 sq. km Dihing Patkai Nationwide Park spans japanese Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, whereas the 422 sq. km Raimona Nationwide Park is situated in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district, alongside West Bengal and Bhutan. Assam: three Rhino Calves Translocated From Kaziranga Nationwide Park, Launched in Manas Tiger Reserve.
The prevailing 5 Nationwide Parks in Assam are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa. Kaziranga and Manas are UNESCO World Heritage Websites. They’re additionally tiger reserves, together with Nameri and Orang.
The Minister additionally stated that the forest village areas diverted below the Forest Conservation Act has been excluded. Brief stretches of the Dirak and Buri Dihing rivers have been included within the Dihing Patkai Nationwide Park.
Dihing Patkai got here to limelight a yr in the past for unlawful coal mining within the surrounding areas. Further anti-poaching camps and manpower are being deployed for strengthening the safety and patrolling moreover conservation of the brand new Nationwide Park.
The Raimona Nationwide Park in Kokrajhar district has quite a lot of wildlife together with golden langur, Asian elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Indian gaur, wild buffalo, noticed deer, hornbill, greater than 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds, 380 species of vegetation and lots of species of orchids.
A forest official stated: “Raimona has shut proximity of the forested areas of Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuk Nationwide Park in Bhutan (whole space of 1,999 sq. km) making a transboundary conservation panorama of greater than 2,400 sq. km.”
“Such protected transboundary ecological settings would make sure the long-standing conservation of untamed and endangered species just like the golden langur, (mascot of Bodoland Territorial Council) and Asian elephant, the Bengal tiger and a various wildlife,” the official stated. Raimona can also be a significant a part of the two,837 sq. km Manas Biosphere Reserve and the Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 09, 2021 10:53 PM IST. For extra information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, leisure and way of life, go online to our web site latestly.com).
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