Orang National Park geared up with anti poaching Plans

The alarm bells started tingling over the rise in the poaching of the highly endangered one horned Rhinos in the Orang National Park in the lower Assam region. The government in the state of Assam has thereby decided to set up five anti poaching camps consisting of squads to protect the endangered species of the one horned Rhino.

The government officials after hearing about the poaching spree in the Orang National park have tied up themselves with lots of preparation about setting up five new anti poaching camps with two floating camps patrolling in the river. Twenty home guards would be hired and deployed for this purpose. Added to it one assistant conservator of forest would be employed to supervise the activities going on in the Orang National park.

As confirmed from the government sources on 9^th August 2009 a co-ordination committee would be formed in the lines of the Kaziranga National park. It would include the combined support of the locals, district administration officials and the army. A total face lift is being planned .

A meeting has been called soon by the forest minister which would comprise district administration officials and the army to evolve strategies for the upliftment of the Orang National park.

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State of Tamil Nadu in India to get a Tiger Foundation

A Tiger foundation is to be formed in the State of Tamil Nadu as per the suggestion of the State Zoo authority. The Tiger foundation would start functioning within a short period of time and it is to be formed in order to consolidate the 'Project Tiger Programme'.

Mr Debendranath Sarangi the Principal Secretary, Environment and Forests made the announcement as on 27/08/2009 that the funds for the formation of the Tiger foundation wfirstly sanctioned by the Central Government then it is directed through the State Government.

Once the foundation has been formed the amount would be deposited for the implementation of the aforesaid programmes under the Project Tiger.

It is also known that a memorandum of understanding is soon to be signed between the National Tiger conservation State Secretary and the Field Director of Project Tiger Area.

The State of TamilNadu has already three Tiger Reserves owing to the protective serenity of the Nilgiris and the Panoramic Western Ghats. The project Tiger reserves are Top Slip Tiger Reserve in Pollachi, Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve at Tiruneveli in Kalakkad and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Udhagamandalam.

Efforts are in being made in the fastest possible way for the setting up of the Tiger Foundation. The reason behind is as per the last Census conducted by the Centre Tamil Nadu is the only State where the Tiger Population has inflated to a number of 76 .

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Kaziranga National Park : Delight to find World's greatest One horned Rhinos

Kaziranga National park is known world wide to support a two third of the world's One horned Rhino population. This National park is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Assam(India) . Though once these endangered species of One horned Indian Rhino were on the verge of extinction but now due to the strict security and protection drive of the forest department their population has plummeted to a number of 1500 as per the census as on 1999.

The dense forests and the thickets of the large open water rivulets serve as the best habitat for the dwelling of the One horned rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam (India).

But a major concern posing the greatest peril to the Rhinos is the loss of habitat due to erosion and pollution risks.

Therefore the State Wildlife advisory board has taken a decision to allot a sum of Rs 7.8 crore package meant for anti erosion scheme to be implemented at Kaziranga National Park. This amount is midway waiting for its turn to get sanctioned from the National Wildlife board for its last approval.

The scheme was basically prepared by the water resource department especially to protect the Kaziranga national park from erosion caused from river Brahmaputra and pollution aftermaths. The decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the State Wildlife advisory board which was chaired by the honourable Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on 28^th August 2009.

A conjoin study done by the Space application Centre in Ahmedabad in India and the Brahmaputra board it was found that in between the period of 1967 and 1998 a considerable land mass of 37.80 sq kms of Kaziranga park was lost due to river erosion.

Therefore the Chief Minister emphasised on the basic point on the need for a permanent solution to erosion problem and the loss of habitat in order to protect the World heritage site.

The study from the project “2009 Kaziranga Rhino population”revealed that there has been a major growth in the population of the Rhinos in the year 2009.It has increased from the number 1,552 in 1999 to 2,048 in 2009.

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