Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros, is all set get an un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and an electronic surveillance system for protecting the rhino and other wildlife animals in the park.
This was announced by Union Minister for Environment and Forest, Jayanthi Natarajan today during her maiden visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park was was in the news recently because of a spurt in the killing of rhinos and damages caused to it by devastating flood.
She also announced a grant of Rs one crore for taking immediate measures to repair the damages caused to terh park. “The un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and the electronic surveillance system will strengthen the wildlife protection measures in Kaziranga,” Assam Forest Minister Rakibul Hussain said. He said the electronic surveillance system that was going to be provided to the KNP would include a series of towers with remote-controlled electronic cameras, including night-vision and thermal imaging devices in and around the 850-sq km park. “We will then have real-time images of any suspicious movement inside the Park which will further help in checking poaching of rhinos,” Hussain said.
Natrajan today visited the Kaziranga Park and reviewed the existing measures in the park.
