Kaziranga National Park Authority gears up for the 2022-23 tourism season. On October 15, the Kaziranga National Park will reopen to tourists. However, if the weather causes adverse conditions, some changes may occur on a specific day.
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M K Yadav, the state’s Chief Conservator of Forests, revealed this. It is worth noting that the national park opens a jeep safari for tourists every year on October 1 and an elephant safari on November 1, but due to adverse weather conditions, park authorities were forced to close the park to tourists this time.
Meanwhile, park officials have begun to make preparations to welcome visitors. According to authorities, one of the tourist attractions this time will be three rhinos made of rhino ash straw.
The rhinos will be built on September 22, 2021, using rhino carcasses. MK Yadav stated that the quick construction work will be completed in a week. Although the national park is not open to tourists, the park authorities will arrange for guests who attend the government’s ‘Chintan Baithak,’ which will be held in Kaziranga from September 24 to September 26 to see some parts of the national park.
On #WorldRhinoDay 2022 and the first anniversary of consigning a record number of Rhino horns to flame, we reaffirm our commitment to protect the largest population of Rhino in the world.
A warm Greetings to all on World Rhino Day. #FiveRhinoSpeciesForever pic.twitter.com/AgJGMmloIr— Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) September 22, 2022
Every year on September 22nd, World Rhino Day is observed to raise awareness about the five rhino species: greater one-horned rhino, Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, black rhino, and white rhino.
Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage Site, is home to the world’s largest population of greater one-horned rhinos. It also has the highest tiger population density, the most Asiatic wild buffalo, and the world’s last remaining population of eastern swamp deer, or barasingha.
The Rhino Kingdom Kaziranga has won the Best Wildlife Tourist Destination in Outlook Travellers Award 2022.
However, poaching is the biggest threat to Rhino. Rhino life is threatened due to deforestation, industrialization, and other human activities. As a result, it is critical to raise awareness about the issue among the next generation.
According to reports, More than 2,300 greater one-horned rhinos prowl the wetlands and grasslands of Kaziranga, comprising nearly 70% of all wild rhinos left in India and Nepal.
In the year 2005, The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 initiative was launched. It aimed to achieve a wild population of at least 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos spread across seven protected areas in the Indian state of Assam by 2020.
These seven protected areas are Kaziranga, Pobitora, Orang National Park, Manas National Park, Laokhowa wildlife sanctuary, Burachapori wildlife sanctuary, and Dibru Saikhowa wildlife sanctuary.
