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National Board for Wildlife approves elevated road project near Kaziranga National Park in Assam

GUWAHATI

The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved an elevated road over nine corridors used by the animals of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, usually during heavy floods.

Announcing this decision in a post on X, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the NBWL also approved two elevated railway corridors along the southern boundary of Deepor Beel on the outskirts of Guwahati. The beel, a wetland and important bird area, is a Ramsar Site.

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