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New modes of transport in kaziranga
Why is it in News?
- Kaziranga’s regulated mode of transport will now include boats and bicycles along with elephants and Jeeps.
Details:
- These activities will be outside the core area.
- Aim is conservation along with commercialization.
- It will also help better monitoring with the help of tourists.
- Kaziranga:
(1) It is a National Park in Assam.
(2) It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
(3) It has two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses.
(4) Kaziranga is declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.
(5) Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species.
(6) It has populations of large herbivores include elephants, gaur and sambar.
(7) Kaziranga has the largest population of the Wild water buffalo anywhere accounting for about 57% of the world population.
(8) Small mammals include the rare hispid hare, large Indian civet, small Indian civets, Bengal fox, golden jackal, sloth bear, Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolins, Chinese ferret badgers, and particoloured flying squirrel.