Within the devastating Assam floods, 137 wild animals, together with six Rhinos, have died within the Assam flood at Kaziranga Nationwide Park, officers stated.
In the meantime, the park authorities have managed to rescue 99 animals, together with two Rhino calves, and two Elephant calves.
Sonali Ghosh, area director of Kaziranga Nationwide Park, stated that 104 Hog Deer, 6 Rhinos, and a pair of Sambar died after drowning in flood waters, whereas 2 Hog Deer died after a car hit them, one Otter (pup) died because of different causes, and 22 animals died below care.
“Thus far we’ve rescued 99 animals together with two rhinos, two elephants, 84 Hog Deer, three Swamp Deer, 2 Samber,” Sonali Ghosh stated.
70 forest camps out of 233 camps within the park are nonetheless underwater.
The flood scenario in Assam has turned grim, with six extra folks dying in Assam floods Monday, bringing the full dying toll to 72 as of July 8, 2024.
Over 27.74 lakh folks in 28 districts are nonetheless affected by the flood within the state.
The flood affected districts are Goalpara, Nagaon, Nalbari, Kamrup, Morigaon, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, South Salmara, Dhubri, Jorhat, Charaideo, Hojai, Karimganj, Sivasagar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Dhemaji, Hailakandi, Golaghat, Darrang, Biswanath, Cachar, Kamrup (M), Tinsukia, Karbi Anglong, Chirang, Karbi Anglong West, Majuli.
Rescue groups of the NDRF, SDRF, Hearth & Emergency Providers, native administration, Indian military, and paramilitary forces are all engaged in rescue operations in several areas of the state.
The extreme flood scenario in Assam over the previous month has resulted within the lack of life, intensive injury to infrastructure, highway closures, crop destruction, and livestock loss. The deluge has additionally left lots of of individuals homeless and unsettled.
