Guwahati: After weeklong heavy down pour, floodwater submerged the world famous KazirangaNational Park in several places. Park authority informs that at least 60% of the park area was inundated and water level is rising day-by-day covering more area. It is yet to be ascertained, whether floods are a curse or blessing to the park known for the one horned rhinoceros worldwide. Three years of consecutive draught damaged the ecology of the park whereas fresh floods every monsoon helps park grazing lands to grow plenty of grass creating a good stock of étagè for the entire year. Flood waters also helps to carry out excess production of fish from marsh and low lying areas of the park with the waterweeds every year. But as there was no flood in the last three years, herbivorous animals were facing acute shortage of food forcing them to come out from the park to the neighboring areas. Two Rhinos of the park in fact had reached Jorhat town moving at least 50 K M and are yet to come back. So authorities are actually happy viewing the floodwaters than being frightened. Park Director Mr. Surendra Nath Burhagohain informed that floods have submerged 22 forest camp out of 24 in Agaratoli range, 30 out of 38 in Kohora range, 22 out of 33 in Bagari and 4 out of 9 in Burhapahar range. Thousands of animal have started fleeing into the neighboring areas and Karbi Anglong Hills crossing National Highway 37, which passes through the park. Animals crossing the highway in search of better areas are another problem for the park authorities every year. Speeding vehicles in the National Highway have killed two deers and injured several other animals in the last week. Reports have come in from Biswanath Chariali and other places as well where some people had killed deer and other animals coming out of the park seeking safe shelter. Several NGO and forest personnel are organizing awareness campaign to protect wild animals. Volunteers of BHUMI, WWF and WTI have started night patrolling from Burhapahar point to Bokakhat of National Highway 37. They have requested each and every vehicle driver passing through Kaziranga to control their speed and be aware so as to not hit any animal while trying to cross the highway. Minister for Forest and Environment Department of Assam Mr. Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday had also joined hands with volunteers for a few hours and asked the vehicle drivers not to kill animals. Popular singer Zubeen Garg will lead a team of artists on 1st of August to Kaziranga and attend four awareness campaign meeting. He will sing and deliver a speech, requesting people to come out against poaching. All together 9 rhino's were killed at Kaziranga in the last seven month. According to 2005 census there are 1855 rhino in Kaziranga, which is also a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO and widely acclaimed as a successful conservation story by worldwide
The Asom Gana Parishad demands early steps to seal the Indo- Bangladesh border to help the state check unabated illegal immigration from across the border.
Participating at a seminar in Delhi on Saturday, AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that the Centre was responsible for failing to stop influx. He said that unless the Centre steps in to seal the border, the exodus of Bangladeshi immigrants would continue. The seminar was organised by the Delhi Chapter of All Assam Lawyers' Association.
Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has welcome the verdict of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup in regards to the sensational GS Road Molestation case, where the accused journalist has been acquitted. In a judgment, delivered on Friday, the CJM has convicted eleven out of fifteen accused. The EMFA expresses happiness that its unanimous decision in respect of Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the than reporter of News Live, was vindicated by the CJM court.It may be mentioned that the EMFA in a general meeting at Guwahati Press Club on July 16 had resolved that the visual related to July 9, 2012 GS molestation case was insufficient to convict Gaurav Jyoti. However the meeting reposed full faith on the...
The Kamrup judicial magistrate on Friday convicted Amarjyoti Kalita along with ten others in the infamous GS Road molestation case that rattled the nation in June
The court, however, acquitted journalist Gauravjyoti Neog and three others in the case where a groups of youths molested a girl on the streets in full view of the people.
An interesting study claimed to have found that climate change leads to natural disasters affect the livelihood options of people in the state. According to the study carried out by the Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Research in collaboration with the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change, the impact of the climate change is most pronounced among marginalised women, but it has also pushed people from prosperous families into taking up work of domestic assistance and daily wage labour. The study was conducted in the six flood-affected districts of Sonitpur, Baksa and Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Jorhat and Morigaon.
In yet another bizarre incident, an elephant is battling with death in Goalpara district of Assam during the last 35 hours. The trunk was chopped off and the tail is missing. According to the eyewitness, the trunk is bleeding after it fell prey to the poachers. A medical team has been attending on the animal.
Few years back our parents during their childhood times they use to enjoy their childhood period by playing different outdoor games and they enjoyed very much and loved it. As a child from this gadget oriented world, whatever we do it is only gadget that helps us to do it properly and efficiently without consuming any time. But this thing which is making us totally handicapped and paralyzed to do things with our hands. During this 21st century all children from this time are totally becoming materialistic people and they are not enjoying their childhood properly only because of gadgets, they have totally become gadget prone child. In other side gadgets are helping in all sectors from...
At least eight persons sustained injury when a powerful IED exploded blast in Udalgiri district on Tuesday. The explosion took place at a 'Raas-leela' pandal at around 8 in the evening. The four injured were rushed to a local hospital where condition of two is stated to be serious. The blast took place just few metres away from Udalgiri police station and the bus stand. No militant group has so far taken responsibility for the blast.
Assam Chief Minister takes the centre of a simmering controversy when he told at a rally in Nagaon that there was not a single Bangladeshi immigrants. But later he denied saying so clearing that the context was different. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday said that he never did say it and that he was talking only of the rally in Nagaon on Sunday.
AGP and BJP slammed Gogoi, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi of shielding the Bangladeshis for their vote bank politics. Moreover, the a foreign delegation said the matter of influx was never discussed at the diplomatic level.
Newspapers hawkers have called off the strike on Tuesday. The development came up after they struck fresh deal with the agents. For the last three days, news papers did not reach the homes of the city's readers for the third consecutive day on Sunday and Monday as hawkers continued their indefinite strike over a dispute with newspaper distributing agencies on payment.
The advertisement, issued in some local papers on November 29, had said hawkers were not making payments by claiming that customers were not paying their bills at the end of the month.
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