Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary to get National Park Status

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park.

The decision was taken in a meeting Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal had with the senior officials of the state government in Guwahati on July 6.

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Taking to his Twitter handle, the Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal wrote, "Our Govt has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, which is home to a vast variety of flora and fauna, to a National Park. In a meeting with senior officials in Guwahati today, I have directed them to take necessary steps in this regard."

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