Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
HC orders government to clear KNP encroachments State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday informed that there was no encroachment in the notified areas of the Kaziranga National Park, but admitted that the additional areas of the park are witnessing some amount of encroachment. The additional areas meant …
Even as Assam battles floods, the swollen Brahmaputra has created havoc inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros. KNP Director MK Yadav said the flood water had inundated over 85 per cent area of the national park, forcing the animals to flee to the hilly areas …
Guwahati: Flood waters from the Brahmaputra have entered Assam’s Kaziranga national park, inundating almost 80 percent of its 858 sq km area. The park is famous for its one-horned rhinos. It is divided into five ranges — Kohora forest range, Bagori forest range, Agratoli forest range, Burha Pahar and the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) is at liberty to conduct an inspection in the tea estates of the No Development Zone (NDZ) around the Numaligarh Refinery, which is adjacent to the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), on the issue of …
The highest number of 41 rhinos poached in 2013 Poachers have killed and dehorned 193 rhinos in Assam over the past 13 years and seven months from 2001 to August 3. During this period, the highest number of 126 rhinos was killed in the Kaziranga national park, followed by 31 …
Despite Kaziranga National Park's mounting notoriety as a poaching haven, not a single poacher has been convicted since 2009. The unscientific way of collecting evidence, lack of coordination among security forces and their poor knowledge of wildlife laws have resulted in the abysmal track record. As per official figures, between …
In the wake of several incidents of rhino poaching in Assam, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has decided to visit Kaziranga National Park in the state soon. The Environment Minister met with Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal from Assam, today and assured him of support for development …
With the monsoon setting in, Assam Forest Department is planning to send about 150 additional men of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) to the Kaziranga National Park to secure the wildlife, particularly the one-horned rhinos in the park, from the poachers. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said this today …
Assam Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on Sunday formally released the “White Paper on Wildlife Conservation in Assam” at the Assam Secretariat here. Addressing a press conference after releasing the white paper, Hussain said, “The increasing population trends recorded in the recent censuses of major animal species namely tiger, …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs now, conservation activists have stepped up the demand for stopping the menace of rhino poaching in Assam as was promised by him during his election campaigns in the state. Modi, during many of his election campaigns in the state, had …
At a time when Kaziranga National Park is struggling to save its rhinos, the World Heritage Site received a much-needed boost. The swamp deer population in the park has increased by 18 in the last six months. According to the report of the recently-concluded swamp deer census, which was revealed …
In the decade between 2003 and 2013, 251 animals of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) were killed by the speeding vehicles on the National Highway 37, said the Park authorities in reply to an RTI petition filed by green activist Rohit Choudhury. Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) held a protest meet against the recent spate of rhino killings, by the side of the Dighalipukhuri lake in the city’s Panbazar locality. The protest meet, which was attended by around 500 people, saw slogans being raised against the state government by the outfit’s …
Assam Government has pleaded before the National Green Tribunal that regulated movement of vehicles be allowed in the Kaziranga National Park instead of complete restriction, saying the stretch is the lifeline for North Eastern states. “Stopping of all types of vehicular movement will have cascading effect on the environment and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhary Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 15/04/2014 regarding suspension of movement of trucks during night time during monsoon season on a stretch of National Highway 37 running through the Kaziranga National Park. The …
Though the National Green Tribunal has been taking a lot of steps for the protection of the Kaziranga wildlife, the Forest Department of the State government has been found to be lacking in the desired zeal to add to the efforts of the tribunal. The Union Ministry of Forest and …
The Assam Environmental NGO Forum, a conglomeration of 30 NGOs, has opposed the state government’s move to dehorn the rhinos in a bid to save them from poachers. While talking to media persons, the outfit’s convenor Mubina Akhtar said that the Assam state government has taken a rather hasty step …
Guwahati: Poachers continue to have a field day in Assam’s wildlife conservation area as another rhino was shot dead and horn taken away on Tuesday night in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 45 km off Guwahati city to the east. Poachers shot dead an adult female rhino in the Pobitora wildlife …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today rejected the plea of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to lift the conditions slapped on the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) on diverting the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) stretch of the NH-37 to North Bank of the Brahmaputra. The Principal Bench of the …
Kaziranga national park lost its third rhino in a span of five days as poachers continued to bleed the one-horned pachyderm at the Unesco world heritage site. The latest carcass was recovered on Sunday from Gograi area under Kohora forest range of the park. The poachers chopped off the horn …
