Guwahati: Assam government has announced addition of over 3,000 hectares (ha) to the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR). The state government in a preliminary notification has approved 7th , 8th and 9th additions to be included into the park.
The three new additions will make the park bigger by over 30 sq km. The notification stated that the seventh addition of 176 hectares which includes Deosur, Palkhowa and Deosur Hill PRF (Proposed Reserve Forest) in Nagaon district and 307 hectares of the eighth addition comprises Banderdubi in Nagaon district will connect the park with Karbi Anglong hills while the 9th addition in Biswanath Wildlife Division has an area of 2,570 hectares which includes Mokua chapori in Sonitpur district will stretch to the Nameri National Park in Sonitpur district.
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