State govt plans to dig the land through MGNREGA scheme

Assam government today said it plans to give solar fencing in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to protect the wildlife from poachers.
"We want to give solar fencing to protect the wildlife. We are planning to dig the land through MGNREGA scheme and then the Forest department will do the solar fencing," Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said at an event to celebrate the wildlife week.

With the 30{+t}{+h}rhino to be killed this year in India falling to the bullets of poachers at Kaziranga National Park, Assam, on September 17, WWF-India has on the occasion of World Rhino Day urge

Expressing concern over spurt in rhino poaching in Assam, WWF-India has said that adoption of National Rhino Conservation Plan (NRCP) has become imperative for the protection of the species.

"After decades of conservation success, which resulted in the population of rhinos in Assam rising to more than 2,500 at present, the spurt in poaching over the last couple of years seems to indicate that poaching syndicates are strengthening. To avoid loss of these hard-fought gains, there is an urgent need for the adoption of NRCP for India," WWF-India said on the occasion of World Rhino Day on Saturday.

The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim today with over four lakh people affected by the overflowing Brahmaputra and its tributaries in 13 districts with the rhino habitats Kaziranga

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UP forest department would now work in tandem to prevent destruction of crops and threat to human lives by elephants in villages adjoining Katarniaghat Wildlife

Barely five days after a rhino was killed on August 30, Kaziranga National Park lost another rhino to the poachers on Wednesday.

The central government has turned down the Assam government's proposal for aerial surveillance of the Kaziranga National Park by drones, state forest minister Rockybul Hussain said Wednesday.

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday has given the State Government a three months time to complete the process of handing over the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th additions of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and the Assam government’s responses on a plea opposing expansion of the National Highway 37 stretch running through Kaziranga National Park

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and the Assam government's responses on a plea opposing expansion of the National Highway 37 stretch running through Kaziranga National Park