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Flooding, management both vital for Kaziranga
5 months ago

Flooding, management both vital for Kaziranga

Hindustan Times  

The edges of the country boat nearly kissed the flooded water of Sohola beel in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park as the forester-boatman kept pulling the oar. The Indian rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, wild water buffalo, and eastern swamp deer collectively comprise Kaziranga’s Big Five. With the mushrooming of facilities like schools, resorts, restaurants, newer settlements and rising vehicular traffic …

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Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation
1 year, 4 months ago

Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation

The Hindu  

Bengaluru-headquartered Asian Nature Conservation Foundation founded by Prof Raman Sukumar of IISc and the late Prof Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury has been actively involved in elephant conservation since 1997. The Assam Forest Department wanted actionable insights and requested the team to look at the human-elephant conflicts in Golaghat district near Kaziranga and Hamren district near Karbi Anglong. “The short-term goal was …

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Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam
1 year, 9 months ago

Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam

News 18  

Almost four months after a bloody clash claimed six lives along the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government on Monday stated that the disputed Mukroh village, where the incident had taken place, falls under its jurisdiction. In a written reply to a query by BJP MLA Bidya Sing Engleng, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Mukroh village is a …

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Assam-Meghalaya boundary on the boil after Mukroh firing
2 years ago

Assam-Meghalaya boundary on the boil after Mukroh firing

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 12, 2022 13:41 IST On March 29, Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma of Assam and Meghalaya reached what they hailed was a “historic” out-of-court settlement in the decades-long boundary dispute in six of the 12 disputed areas. Mukroh falls in Block I. Meghalaya claims that Mukroh is in West Jaintia Hills district, while Assam …

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Boundary violence | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers
2 years, 1 month ago

Boundary violence | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers

The Hindu  

In the backdrop of violent clashes with villagers from Meghalaya, the Assam Cabinet on Wednesday decided to hand over the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Ministers expressed concern and condolences at the death of six persons in an “unfortunate police-civilian conflict situation” in West Karbi Anglong district, Mr. Sarma added. Earlier, …

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Rangers guide three tigers out of Kaziranga National Park
4 years, 5 months ago

Rangers guide three tigers out of Kaziranga National Park

The Hindu  

The tiger can feel helpless too. Wildlife officials and rescue workers at the flooded Kaziranga National Park had to provide a “safe passage” for three tigers in less than two days, guiding them to the relative safety of the hills beyond a highway along the southern edge of the park. One was directed towards Karbi Anglong and reached safely, the …

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