Assam floods: 44 anti-poaching camps of Kaziranga National Park inundated
By ANI
KAZIRANGA: As many as 44 anti-poaching camps have been inundated on the Kaziranga nationwide park as a result of floods.
According to the park authority, the flood water has submerged 15 p.c of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve areas.
The authority has knowledgeable that 44 out of 223 anti-poaching camps of the park have been inundated by the flood waters of the Brahmaputra river. The authority additional took ample measures to guard the wild animals.
Out of 44 camps, 14 are underneath the Agratoli wildlife vary, eight underneath the Biswanath wildlife division, six underneath Kaziranga and Burhapahar vary, and 5 underneath the Bagori vary.
Four wild animals together with a leopard and three Hog deer have been killed and one died underneath therapy.
In view of the possible flood scenario in Kaziranga National Park and to guard human lives in addition to the lives of untamed animals through the emergent scenario, the Bokakhat sub-divisional Justice of the Peace has imposed numerous restrictions, regulated the velocity of automobiles within the train of the powers conferred U/S 144 Cr. P.C. within the stretch of NH-37 ranging from Panbari animal hall to district/sub-divisional western boundary close to Bagori.
Ramesh Gogoi, DFO of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve mentioned, “The animals are yet not come out of the park, but we are on alert.”
“From May 12, four animals including a leopard died in the vehicle hit incidents. The water level is now increasing and if the water level of Brahmaputra river will increase more then it will inundate more areas of the park,” Gogoi mentioned.
Meanwhile, numerous areas in Assam’s Cachar district witnessed a flood-like scenario on Sunday.
The Berenga Betukandi space too was flooded.
The total space is now flooded after an embankment of the Barak river was washed away.
Earlier, floods and resultant landslides in Assam claimed 62 lives this yr up to now.
In the final 24 hours, eight individuals died after drowning in flood waters – two every in Barpeta and Karimganj districts, one every in Darrang, Hailakandi, Nalbari and Sonitpur districts and eight persons are nonetheless lacking.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), out of 62 individuals, 51 individuals died in floods whereas 11 individuals misplaced their lives in landslides.
Nearly 31 lakh individuals of 32 districts – Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Sivasagar, South Salmara, Tamulpur, Tinsukia, Udalguri, have been affected by the second wave of the deluge.
