The 8th Kaziranga Elephant Festival got under way at Mihimukh, Kaziranga today. The SHG Mela was inaugurated by the Rural Developement Minister Chandan Brahma today.
A total of 135 stalls of the SHGs were opened in the Mela. A large number of visitors thronged the festival ground since morning today.
Two one-horned rhinos were killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park, taking the number of the endangered species killed this year at the world heritage site in Assam to 14, Forest officials said today. The carcasses of two rhinos, a full grown male and a female, with their horns missing were recovered by forest guards at the Agartoli range of the park during the day.
With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday.
With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday.
After considerable delay, another phase of the ambitious plan to translocate rhinos to Manas is likely to get under way this December. The initiative would see up to eighteen rhinos being moved from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park in a well-orchestrated exercise spread over several months.
JORHAT, Nov 19: Terror struck Dhakuakhana village when a Royal Bengal Tiger sprang from the bushes and killed two men on two consecutive days, a few days ago. The Forest Department swung into action to try to tranquillize the tiger but in vain. Day before, the tiger struck once again killed a cow and a horse at Salmora in Majuli.
Terming the reported move of the Government to go ahead with the bypass near Kaziranga National Park, the Conversion of National Highway -37 to 4-lane Demand Committee today termed it as
With speeding vehicles killing 55 wild animals on an average each year, the Assam PWD is undertaking a feasibility study for diverting traffic from the 100 km stretch of the NH-37 which passes through the Kaziranga National Park, reports PTI.
