GUWAHATI: Assam has cleared 22,000 bighas of encroached land at Orang National Park and extended its protected area. Although several sections had protested the expansion of the national park, it was a giant step for the state towards biodiversity preservation.
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Orang National Park now flows into Kaziranga National Park and the Burha-Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary in such a manner as to create an uninterrupted 180-kilometer-long protected corridor for wildlife to roam about and thrive in.
Assam Chief Minister lauded the achievement as a major victory in wildlife conservation on X (Formerly known as Twitter, saying,
In Assam, we are scripting a new success story in wildlife conservation. Despite opposition from usual suspects, we freed up 22,000 bighas from encroachments in Orang.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 4, 2024
The area of Orang National Park has now increased manifolds and is directly linked with Kaziranga and the… pic.twitter.com/PcuVMFDRbi
Orang National Park is one of the prime sites for conservation of endangered species such as the pygmy hog and the blind Gangetic dolphin, and it harbours a great one-horned rhino and the royal Bengal tiger population. There are over 50 fish species besides the rich birdlife for which the site is an important BirdLife International site.
