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
Poaching refuses to die down in Kaziranga. Another one-horned rhino was shot dead in the famed Kaziranga National Park on. The carcass was spotted on Tuesday morning at Burhapahar. But the poachers failed to take away the horn.
Talking to assamtimes, officials said that there were reports of firing from the Burhapahar range where forces launched an operation against the poachers. Cartridges of the AK series of rifles and 303 ammunition was recovered from the site. Meanwhile, joint operations are going on to nab the poachers.
Dudhnoi Raas Puja Committee has complete preparations to celebrate Raas festival with fifteen-day programme.People from various districts are taking part in the festival.
Bidyut Sarkar
To accelerate efforts and fight against the deadly disease HIV/AIDS, the World Aids Day was observed at Pasighat General Hospital.
To mark the event, the doctors along with staffs, health assistants, NGOs and ANM trainees took out a rally and moved around the township with slogans and banners ‘Stop AIDS, keep the promise’. It was formally flagged-off by the DC In-charge Nidhi Srivastava amid huge gathering inside the hospital campus.
The celebration is symbolically a call to enhance social protection mechanism and a symbol of solidarity and support towards the people living with HIV, stated Srivastava during the observation. She while advising the participants to renew the...
In ancient times the Hindu Society begging for mendicants and their students . The students were allowed to beg for their teacher. But they were never called beggars. They were received with highest respect and it remained tradition from age’s ago. The common house people felt lucky to receive them . But later these mendicants got greedy and degenerated and wanted to make out of begging.Now in India begging is a fashion , a compulsion, a privilege and a recreation. The number of beggars is very much larger in our country than other countries. Our heads hang down in shame when we read description of our country India given by the foreigners in a hateful manner. To westerners, India is...
A day long MATRI SAMMELAN (Mothers Meet) was held recently on 25th November 2012 at Donyi Polo Vidya Niketan School campus, Pasighat, under the aegis of Arunachal Shiksha Vikas Samiti (ASVS) the state chapter of Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan, New Delhi. The day long Sammelan was proposed for the awakening of women in every sectors of life. Around 350 delegates (mothers) from in and around the town attended the unique programme which infact is a routine function that is observed every year by the organization (ASVS).
Hosts of dignitaries, which included among others, were Ms. Nidhi Srivastava (IAS), Additional Deputy Commissioner East Siang, Dr.Yater darang, Eye Specialist...
Journalists’ Forum Assam and AIDS Prevention Society have organized a media orientation program on HIV/AIDS on November 30 at Guwahati Press Club. The program, where Dr SI Ahmed is expected to join as a resource person, will begin at 11 AM.Dr Ahmed will give an overview of the HIV infection ratio around the globe and also highlight the risk factors for the residents of Assam and northeast India. Though the annual infection to the deadly virus is decreasing because of massive publicity and public awareness program by the authority, related NGOs and the media, there is definitely risk factor, asserted the HIV/AIDS expert.Member-journalists are requested to participate in the...
Assam Human Rights Commission on Tuesday urged introduction of human rights in the syllabus of primary and secondary school and at the college level. Delivering the Second Surendra Nath Sarma memorial lecture Assam HRC Chairman Justice (Retd) Aftab Hussain Saikia said that there could be no protection of human rights if people were not adequately educated in this regard.
Bodo people on Tuesday staged demonstration in Delhi demanding a judicial probe into the recent riot in BTAD areas alleging that immigrants from the neighbouring Bangladesh have been mongering trouble in these districts.
The demand was made at a huge rally near the Parliament House by hundreds of people who staged protest under the banner of the Coordination Committee of Indigenous Tribal National Organisations.
They sought a permanent solution of the problem and made a plea for grant of statehood to Bodoland through peaceful political dialogue and granting of autonomy to all indigenous tribals of Assam under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Dudhnoi Expo has started at Dudhnoi from November 20. Apart from local and Indian exhibitors, participants from various foreign countries are also taking part in the event.
Bidyut Sarkar, Dudhnoi
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