Orang (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): Assam Police and forest officials on Wednesday arrested three tiger poachers near Assam's Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Orang (Assam) [India], May 30 (ANI): The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one horned Rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam's Orang National Park on Monday.

Orang (Assam) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one-horned rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam's Orang National Park.

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 ONP in Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam will reopen for tourists on Thursday after remaining closed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon an official said All COVID-19 protocols and safety guidelines will be followed for the visitors ONP Divisional Forest Officer Pradipta Baruah said in a notice Only a portion of the safari route inside the park will be opened for tourists at present due to the poor condition of roads owing to the recent flood the DFO said The remaining part of the route will be opened after repairing the roads and it will be notified in due course he added The national park is located 32 km from Tezpur and 140 km from Guwahati It is known for wild animals like Royal Bengal Tiger Indian Rhinos and wild elephants All wildlife parks and sanctuaries in Assam are closed for tourists during the monsoon This time the parks were shut before the normal schedule because of the outbreak of the second wave of the COVID-19 PTI TR MM MM