Floods in Assam affect Rhino homelands in Kaziranga National Park

Floods in Assam affect Rhino homelands in Kaziranga National Park The floods in Assam has been described as critical with the Brahmaputra river overflowing in several districts. As a result, houses have been submerged and agricultural fields affecting nearly 12.5 lakh people and inundating Kaziranga National Park which is the homeland of rhinos.
An adult male rhino drowned in a river in the park due to the floods and its carcass with its horn intact was recovered near Siga camp under Agoratoli camp. This was close on the heels of another such dead rhino which had been found there two days ago.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 25 July 2016.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has confirmed that the deluge has washed away large portions of the main roads in Morigaon, Jorhat and Dibrugarh districts and has snapped road communications apart from breaching river embankments in Kokrajhar, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh and Golaghat districts. As a result, water has rushed into vast tracks of human habitation.
The Brahmaputra and its tributaries are said to be overflowing in 18 districts of the state, flooding Rhino homelands in Kaziranga National Park and Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary. Five hog deer were killed by speeding vehicles when they were crossing NH-37 from the Park towards highlands of Karbi Anglong district. There are 16 animal corridors on the NH-37 through which various types of animals from the Park side cross over to Karbi Anglong hills during floods.


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