Assam Government on June 9, 2021 declared Dihing Patkai as the state’s seventh National Park. Four days earlier, the government had created the 422-sq. km Raimona National Park in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district.
About Dihing Patkai National Park
- It is Assam Valley’s tropical wet evergreen forests.
- The 234.26-sq. km Dihing Patkai straddling eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts is a major elephant habitat and 310 species of butterflies have been recorded there.
- The park has 47 species each of reptiles and mammals, including the tiger and clouded leopard.
- The newly notified National Park will be administered by the Soraipung Range of Digboi Forest Division and Jeypore Range of Dibrugarh Forest Division.
- Dihing Patka encompasses the erstwhile Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, the Jeypore Reserve Forest and the western block of the Upper Dihing Reserve Forest.
National parks in Assam
Now the seven National Parks in the State are:
- Kaziranga,
- Manas,
- Nameri,
- Orang
- Dibru-Saikhowa.
- Raimona
- Dihing
- Kaziranga and Manas are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. They are also tiger reserves along with Nameri and Orang.
(Source: The Hindu)
