Despite being riddled by unstoppable poaching incidents, the KazirangaNational Park gets a rare dose of good news.
There has been considerable increase in the rhino population in the world heritage site. During the last two years the rhino population figure has gone up to 2,400 which suggests increase of 71 one horn animal.
The park authorities released the figure n Saturday after the end of the two days census operation.
The figure was on expected line as the authorities earlier hoped that it figure be encouraging.
“We began the census operation on Thursday which concluded on Friday. It is an exercise by the authorities which is conducted after a gap of three years,” KNP officials told Assam Times.
In 2012, the national park had 2290 rhinos. The repeated incidents of poaching forced the state government to conduct a special census which also suggested rise in the rhino population. The figure stood at 2,329.
According to the census figure, Kaziranga has 1,651 adult rhinos along with 294 sub adults 251 and 205 calves.
The authorities divided the park into 81 blocks to conduct the two days census deploying 36 elephants involving over 200 forest officials, guards and NGO representatives.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dustin Munro on Sun, 29/03/2015 - 00:30
There are sustainable ways to use elephants,rhinos,and other large mammals to make money without killing them and/or destroying their habitat.GOOGLE this title for a solution being used(by a "paper" company) for the Asian Elephant and Indian Rhino-How to save rhinos? By turning their dung into paper. A possible solution I figured out is:The Real Large Mammal Medicine And Food-Cash CowsIt is not elephant tusks or rhino horn that have medicinal properties or miracle cures.However,there may actually be a real medicine as well as food source from rhinos and elephants and many other large herbivorous mammals in Africa like hippos,eland,cape buffalo,manatees and dugons-without killing them or destroying their habitat!It is their milk! One example was shown in “Durrell In Russia”about people in Russia raising eland for the milk and saying it was good for fighting diseases(I think the examples of diseases were yellow fever and tuberculoses).Therefore the milk from all mammals that are large enough to produce large amounts of milk should be milked for investigation of medicinal qualities like possible malaria immunity and help fight other tropical diseases that the animals in those areas are exposed to and are deadly to people.Of course the milk would probably be great for food products too and help make those animals benefit from high demand.Large herbivorous mammals in Asia could also benefit from high demand too by milking them for use for food products and medicinal properties.Some examples of food products made from and/or using milk are cheese,chocolate,cream,ice cream,mayonaise,butter et.The animals could be captured as mother and it’s young,milk the mother,then release them after milking.That should only be done with mothers that have young that are already eating solid food to avoid the young from not getting enough milk.That would not only make the animals “Cash Cows”without killing them,but also greatly encourage people to breed whatever animals they would be milking for the probable high price of wildlife milk to replace the high price of rhino horn and elephant tusk.Of course the milk used for food products should be tested for toxic plant residue since some animals may eat plants that are toxic to people.
No instruction for CLP meet Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s dissident colleagues are gearing up for the upcomong Congress legislative body meeting in Dispur.
A circle of ministers and MLAs want change in leadership. They are preparing to formally raise the issue to dislodge Gogoi.
But top sources told Assam Times that the high command has not asked the chief ministers to hold CLP meet to ensure trust of all legislators. Sonia Gandhi has already asked to continue his office.
According to AICC sources, Gogoi would discuss the massive reshuffle of the council of ministers after his return from New Delhi on Thursday.
Caught in a Catch-22 situation, the 3-member AICC panel has asked Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to resolve the dissidence within the legislative body at an earlier date.
Gogoi got the instruction after he held a series of meetings with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, AICC leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Dr CP Joshi and Motilal Vhora on Tuesday.
Guwahati Mayor Abir Patra has released the Saptahik Sacheton Khabor, a new Assamese weekly at a function in the city on Wednesday.
In his address, Patra said that media can play an important role in making the people aware of the day to day happenings around the world.
He urged the newspaper group to do a strong campaign against the crippling corruption and to ensure that the corrupt officials are punished.
Addressing the function, chief editor Utpal Das said that the weekly would leave no stone unturned to expose the corruption that paralyzes public life.“We will expose everything. We will mount pressure on the authorities so that the corrupt officials are not spared,” said Das.
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Sources told Assam Times that the NDA government in its June 2 cabnet meeting will discuss a huge exercise across the country to identify all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants settled in after 1971 where Assam’s demography has been disturbed.
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The training was to be arranged by a non governmental organization from Sunday morning to help the unemployed youths get recruited in army’s parachut regiment.
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According to information, the heavy gunfight began when the armed miscreants who are believed to have been backed by NSCN militants were trying to encroach upon a plot beyond their territory.
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Top level home ministry sources told Assam Times in Delhi that Union minister for home (independent charge) Kiren Rijiju, who is likely to visit Assam very soon, is keen to talk to the ULFA leaders.
“If everything goes fine, the Centre is sure of talks with ULFA after June 15. Talks are on the card with other militant outfit also ,” said a home ministry official.
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The 5 member delegation who demand Tarun Gogoi to b retained as Chief Minister is back to Guwahati a day after they met the AICC panel.
The have not revealed the details of what they talked to the three member panel.
But the team lead by power minister Pradyut Bordoloi, was believed to have told the panel that the they party has to pay the heavy price of dissidence in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
They were further learnt to have told the senior AICC leaders that replacement of Gogoi as chief minister would put the entire party on the brink.
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Apart from minister for planning and development Tanka Bahadur Rai, chief secretary JS Khusla also attended the meeting.
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