Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the state government will appoint one Forest battalion and many foresters on May 10 to strengthen the security and to speed up anti-poaching measures in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
In a major breakthrough in the rhino poaching case at Bagori in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on March 26, Special Task Force (STF), Assam, and Nagaon Police recovered the rhino horn, which is suspected to have been poached during the incident.
Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, poachers killed a one-horned rhinoceros in the national park and took away its horn.
President Droupadi Murmu is likely to visit Assam's Kaziranga National Park on April 6-7, said Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve Director Jatindra Sarma on Sunday.
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], October 2 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve under the jurisdiction of Eastern Assam Wildlife Division were opened on Sunday for the 2022-23 season tourists.
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], September 23 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authority recently busted a major poaching racket involving local people who used arms in an attempt to poach rhinos in the national park just at a time when the World Rhino Day was observed.
Biswanath (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Crime Investigation Range of the Forest department in Assam's Biswanath district and police arrested a gang of poachers who were planning kill a one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Dispur (Assam) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Assam Forest Department has built around 40 highlands for providing shelter to animals due to the ongoing floods in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) and other National Parks and wildlife sanctuaries of the state.
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], March 29 (ANI): The population of one-horned rhinoceros increased by 200 over the last four years in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, officials said on Tuesday.
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], March 26 (ANI): The census of the one-horned rhinoceros started in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, said forest officials on Saturday.