Assam's Kaziranga National Park reopens for tourists

November 01, 2014 17:35

K Anurag reports from Guwahati

Assam Forest Minister Rakibul Hussain today ceremonially threw open the Kaziranga National Park, the abode of the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, to tourists for the season that will last till April 2015.

Reopening the park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the forest minister lauded the efforts of the forest staff, especially the frontline staff and cooperation of people and various green brigades from scripting the success story of wildlife conservation in Kaziranga National Park.

In the last census carried out in March, 2013, a total 2329 rhinos were found to inhabit the Kaziranga landscape. The authorities of the KNP declared that they counted 645 adult males and 684 adult females apart from sub-adults and the cubs. The park also boasts of the highest density of Royal Bengal tigers. The number of tigers in the park stood at 118 when last recorded.

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