Rhino chase plans shelved
Jorhat, March 14: The forest department has shelved the plan to use kunkis (trained elephants) to chase three rhinos back to Kaziranga National Park from Jorhat following objections from Kaziranga authorities.
Jorhat, March 14: The forest department has shelved the plan to use kunkis (trained elephants) to chase three rhinos back to Kaziranga National Park from Jorhat following objections from Kaziranga authorities.
The National Green Tribunal today gave time till January 9 to the Environment Ministry to submit its report on ways to protect the environment inside Kaziranga sanctuary as also the wild life there which
Guwahati: On completion of his two-day ‘Mission Kaziranga’ visit, Union Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forest, Prakash Javadekar Saturday said here, “There will be zero tolerance to
The industrial units located in the eco-sensitive zone of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have been operating in clear violation of the legal provisions and the government authorities concerned have also
Even as Assam battles floods, the swollen Brahmaputra has created havoc inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros. KNP Director MK Yadav said the flood water had inundated
National Green Tribunal today directed the Assam government to hold a meeting with environment, petroleum and transport ministries to suggest ways to protect environment inside Kaziranga sanctuary, which
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 on the
The National Green Tribunal has slammed Assam government for delay in preparing a project report on measures to curb growing wildlife casualties due to vehicular movement on the national highway passing
In the decade between 2003 and 2013, 251 animals of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) were killed by the speeding vehicles on the National Highway 37, said the Park authorities in reply to an RTI petition
The Brahmaputra has inundated nearly 33 forest camps of Kaziranga National Park (KNP). Burhapahar, Bagori, Kohora and Agaratoli forest range of KNP have been adversely affected by flood. The department
An adult male rhino was allegedly killed by some unidentified persons and its horn sawn off in Kaziranga National Park, the second killing in a week, park sources said today. Upon hearing gunshots on Saturday
GOLAGHAT, Sept 21 – The Kaziranga National Park authority under the leadership of ranger Md Ikramul Mazid recently carried out raids against rhino-poachers and undertook strict observation and necessary
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Assam government not to permit traffic on six sections along the 54-km stretch of National Highway 37 passing through the Kaziranga landscape.
The Review Committee set up by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to review the Assam Government report on the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)
With an aim to check rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, the State forest department has finally decided to implement the electronic eye system to save the unicornis. Initially eight towers
Amidst hectic deliberations on the merits and demerits of de-horning rhinos in the State’s reserved areas including the Kaziranga National Park, which has been mooted to enhance their chances of survival,
A gang of poachers killed a rhino near Kathal Chang forest camp under Burhapahar forest range in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Sunday night around 8.30 pm and managed to flee with the horn. According
The population of rhinos has grown in the latest census, which concluded in the Kaziranga National Park on Monday, bringing relief to the Assam forest department. The world heritage site for the one-horned
The high-powered committee of Central and State government officials, constituted by the Gauhati High Court, conducted a survey of the encroachments in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday and directed local
The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has adjourned the hearing on the matter of developmental activities around the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) {in case numbers MA No. 687 of 2013