Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve Set to be expanded over 3,000 Hectares
News Update: The government of Assam has given green signal for the expansion of over 3,000 hectares to the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
The additional extended area will cover two districts – Nagaon and Sonitpur – would make the larger Kaziranga National Park grow to 1085.53 square km. At present the core area of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve is 430 sq. km.
According to the spokesperson of Forest Department preliminary notifications were for seventh, eighth and ninth additions.
“The additions include encroachment-evicted areas and suitable wildlife habitat on river islands (sandbars) that are vulnerable to encroachment. It is a move to consolidate the wildlife areas anticipating better wildlife conservation and reduction in human-wildlife negative interactions in the future,” KNPTR director P. Sivakumar said.
He added that the three additions are habitat corridors and would help provide connectivity to Orang and Nameri National Parks across river Brahmaputra from KNPTR besides the hills of Karbi Anglong to the south of the park, where the rhino, tiger, deer and other animals take refuge during the floods.
