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Kaziranga police station to tackle poaching
Kaziranga Police Station To Tackle Poaching. Rattled by the spurt in the instances of rhino poaching in the state and the complete failure of the state government to control it, the Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has announced the setting up of a unique police station—solely for wildlife in the state.
Rattled by the spurt in the instances of rhino poaching in the state and the complete failure of the state government to control it, the Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has announced the setting up of a unique police station—solely for wildlife in the state.
The chief minister, who had last year referred a number of cases of rhino poaching to the CBI, said that it will be a police station only for investigating and preventing wildlife crimes in the state.
“One such police station will be set up at the Kaziranga National Park soon, and in phases such police stations will be set up in other National Parks, Sanctuaries, and sensitive areas in the state as well,” said the chief minister.
The chief minister added that he has already asked for the necessary proposal from the environment and forest department, and said that it will be a realty soon.
“This will be a police station which will comprise of police officials and also officials from the forest department, and I strongly believe that a stronger coordination among officials from both these two departments is necessary to control and investigate wildlife crimes,” said Gogoi.
According to officials of the environment and forest department, three more such police stations will be set up after Kaziranga and these will be over-- the Manas National Park, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and the Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
According to Assam environment and forest minister Rakibul Hussain, 170 rhinos have been killed by poachers since 2001.
The minister also added that 40 rhinos have been killed by poachers last year, and this makes it the highest in the last 13 years.
The failure of the Assam government in tackling rhino poaching and wildlife crimes could be understood from the fact that this year in the past two months, already 8 rhinos have been killed by poachers in the state.
Speaking to Hans India, environment and forest minister Hussain said that it is a welcome move by the chief minister who also holds the home portfolio, and added that this shows the sincerity of the Assam government in tackling the problem of poaching.
