Kaziranga National Park

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Assam's Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi found an innovative of way of dealing with the plastic waste thrown around Kaziranga National Park — weaving it into traditional handloom that is today helping over 2000 village women earn a livelihood.

Over the last two decades, P Sivakumar, field director of the Kaziranga National Park has taken multiple initiatives for the protection of wildlife and increasing habitats

P Sivakumar, field director at Kaziranga national park created six wetlands to help wildlife access water and reduce man-animal conflict

“They risk their lives everyday working in difficult terrains and braving myriad hostile elements – poachers, encroachers, smugglers, mafias, human-wildlife conflict, health hazards in the form of water-borne diseases, forest fires and of course, accidental deaths by wild animals.”

“A boy once came running to our office, a turtle in his hand. He told us that his family wanted to keep it as a pet. So the boy “stole” the turtle and brought it to us, wanting us to leave it in the wild. Such is the impact of Manoj.”

Even as the flood situation in Assam remains grim, there is some good news coming from wildlife workers who have managed to save 107 wild animals, including several rhinos, from drowning in the raging waters.

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The villagers will be trained to handle the animals stranded out of the park and will be given emergency numbers to call. Villagers are also being trained in identifying and handling poisonous snakes.

Floods are always assumed to bring destruction with them. Kaziranga National Park in Assam has proved this notion wrong and shown that floods can bring more benefits than destruction. It is going to change the way you look at floods forever! Read on and be surprised.