GS ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT | Sep 2020

ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Kaziranga set to be expanded by 3,053 hectares: Assam govt. approves addition of areas straddling Nagaon and Sonitpur

    The Assam government has approved the addition of 30.53 sq. km (3,053 hectares) to the 884 sq. km Kaziranga National Park.

    The additional areas straddling two districts — Nagaon and Sonitpur — would make the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) grow to 1085.53 sq km. The core area of the KNPTR is 430 sq km.

    “The additions include encroachment-evicted areas and suitable wildlife habitat on river islands (sandbars) that are vulnerable to encroachment. It is a move to consolidate the wildlife areas anticipating better wildlife conservation and reduction in human-wildlife negative interactions in the future,” said KNPTR director P. Sivakumar.

    He added that the three additions are habitat corridors and would help provide connectivity to Orang and Nameri National Parks across river Brahmaputra, besides the hills of Karbi Anglong to the south of the park, where the rhino, tiger, deer and other animals take refuge during the floods.

    Wildlife activists appreciated the expansion but pointed out that the rhino habitat is yet to be handed over possession of 1,461.59 hectares of land comprising the second, third, fifth and sixth additions in Golaghat and Biswanath districts.

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