Natl parks in Assam to reopen for tourists
Guwahati Sep 29 PTI The Orang National Park in Assam will reopen for tourists on Thursday and the parks in Kaziranga and Manas will reopen on October 1 officials said on Wednesday The national parks in Assam were shut to visitors for several months due to COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon season they said This year the parks were shut before the normal schedule because of the outbreak of the second wave of COVID-19 The Kaziranga National Park KNP known the world over for its one horn rhinos will initially be opened partially with access to only three ranges from October 1 an official release said Tourists who flock to the largest national park in the north east from the country and abroad will be allowed to have only jeep safari for the time being but not the much sought after elephant ride it said The famous Orang National Park ONP will reopen from Thursday from September 30 for the tourist season of 2021-22 ONP divisional forest officer Pradipta Baruah said in a notice All COVID-19 protocol and safety guidelines will be followed for the visitors he added Baruah also informed that only a portion of the safari route inside the park will be opened to tourists at present due to poor condition of roads owing to recent floods Remaining part of the tourist route will be opened only after repairing of the roads and will be notified in due course he added Manas National Park ranger Babul Brahma told PTI that the park will open its gates to visitors from October 1 with strict adherence of COVID-19 protocols On September 1 the Assam cabinet had decided to drop the name of former prime minister from Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and revert to the old name of Orang National Park PTI TR KK KK
Guwahati Sep 29 PTI The Orang National Park in Assam will reopen for tourists on Thursday and the parks in Kaziranga and Manas will reopen on October 1 officials said on Wednesday The national parks in Assam were shut to visitors for several months due to COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon season they said This year the parks were shut before the normal schedule because of the outbreak of the second wave of COVID-19 The Kaziranga National Park KNP known the world over for its one horn rhinos will initially be opened partially with access to only three ranges from October 1 an official release said Tourists who flock to the largest national park in the north east from the country and abroad will be allowed to have only jeep safari for the time being but not the much sought after elephant ride it said The famous Orang National Park ONP will reopen from Thursday from September 30 for the tourist season of 2021-22 ONP divisional forest officer Pradipta Baruah said in a notice All COVID-19 protocol and safety guidelines will be followed for the visitors he added Baruah also informed that only a portion of the safari route inside the park will be opened to tourists at present due to poor condition of roads owing to recent floods Remaining part of the tourist route will be opened only after repairing of the roads and will be notified in due course he added Manas National Park ranger Babul Brahma told PTI that the park will open its gates to visitors from October 1 with strict adherence of COVID-19 protocols On September 1 the Assam cabinet had decided to drop the name of former prime minister from Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and revert to the old name of Orang National Park PTI TR KK KK
