Aaranyak, an Assam-based biodiversity conservation group has put up 12 signboards at strategic locations in the Udalguri, Tamulpur, and Baksa districts to ensure the safe passage of wildlife and people across busy roads. The districts are in the Bodoland Territorial Region bordering Bhutan.
The Aaranyak, in association with the Forest Department, has installed a seven-kilometre-long community-managed single-strand solar-powered fence in Assam's Udalguri district to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC) in the region.
At least three people were killed and four others were injured following a head-on collision between a truck and a car in Assam's Udalguri district on Sunday morning.
Assam police on Wednesday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam's Udalguri district, said Udalgiri's Superintendent of Police Supriya Das.
Scores of village heads flagged myriad issues related to acute Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) in parts of Assam's Udalguri district on Tuesday seeking coordination among various government departments.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim of providing 12 lakh jobs in the national capital.
The arrested government employees were identified as Kanak Chandra Baruah, Lat Mandal, Office of the Revenue Circle Officer, Kalaigaon in Udalguri district and Dilip Borah, Gaonburah (village headman).
In several conflict hotspots of the state- in districts of Udalguri, Baksa and Goalpara, a network of local communities has been formed called the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN).