The Assam Government has constituted an expert committee to suggest measures for formulating a comprehensive forest plan in the interest of of maintaining the ecological balance in the State. On the other hand, Kamrup Deputy Commissioner Absar Hazarika has been entrusted to prepare a feasibility study for declaring the Deepar Beel as a wildlife sanctuary. The State Government in eh meantime has decided to withdraw the May 29, 2002 order of the Principal Secretary of Forests L Rynjah, which rescinded the January 1989 draft notification for demarcation of the core area of the Deepar Beel as a bird sanctuary.