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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

No action against Kaziranga animal corridor encroachers yet

Kaziranga is famous for its rhino population. File

The Assam government has overshot the timeframe it had sought from the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to remove encroachments from fragile animal corridors of the 1,300 sq. km Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

In a letter to CEC member-secretary Amarnatha Shetty on November 3, 2021, Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua sought three months’ time for removing encroachments and taking penal action against the violators of an April 2019 order of the Supreme Court banning new construction on private lands that form part of Kaziranga’s nine identified animal corridors.

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