It may be mentioned here that the district administration and the Pollution Board of Assam have not taken any proper steps against the dumping of polythene bags, papers, etc, in the Deopahar area near NRL.

A nature NGO Envireen had recently undertaken a survey wherein it was observed that at least 50,000 kgs of plastic garbage had been collected for destroying. Recently the district administration had banned the use of plastic bags, carry bags of pollythene, but the business community have been using the plastic bags. Due to heavy dumping of plastic garbage in the Deopahar RF under NRL, the free movement of animals and birds has been prevented in the reserve forest.

Deopahar reserve forest covers 133.45 hectares of and and this RF is mainly famous for its rare animals and birds and forest products. The wild animals eat the plastic bags and other materials and consequently suffer from disease.

The Deopahar is a historically famous area where ancient ruins and statues of Siva and Bishnu from the period of 17th century have been found. The reserve forest is now tackling another problem, that of poaching. The poachers are very active in killing the rare animals like deer, civet cat, pangolinand wild elephants for its tusks.

The local people of entire Deopahar areas including Panka, Rajabari, Disgurang, Numaligahr etc have appealed to the NRL authority concerned, local conscious people and Golaghat district administration to take the problem as burning and take proper steps against the poachers, miscreants and unsocial elements for the preservation and conservation of the natural resources of Deopahar.

The NGOs have also appealed to the people to extend their support to them in creating awareness among the mass people about the conservation of forests.