Guwahati: A tiger was spotted at Assam’s sixth National Park ‘Raimona’ in Kokrajhar district on Monday by forest authorities.
Sharing the news on Twitter, the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) Pramod Boro wrote, “Overjoyed to inform that a tiger was spotted at Raimona National Park by forest authorities yesterday. I am grateful to Hon’ble CM Dr. @himantabiswa for declaring Raimona as the 6th National Park in Assam. His effort is bearing fruits.”
🐅 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 !!
Overjoyed to inform that a tiger was spotted at Raimona National Park by forest authorities yesterday.
I am grateful to Hon’ble CM Dr. @himantabiswa for declaring Raimona as the 6th National Park in Assam.
His effort is bearing fruits. pic.twitter.com/xDdr839Akt
— Pramod Boro (@PramodBoroBTR) January 24, 2022
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma responded to Boro’s tweet and wrote, “What a sight to behold! Glad to see our national animal making a comeback in Raimona. Will do more to conserve the big cats in our forests.”
What a sight to behold!
Glad to see our national animal making a comeback in Raimona.
Will do more to conserve the big cats in our forests. https://t.co/maP2S9ZZDD
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 24, 2022
However, the Raimona National Park is within the Bodoland Territorial Region. The area of the park includes the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest (508.62 sq. km), which forms the western-most buffer to the Manas National Park that straddles the India-Bhutan border.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, 2021, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the creation of Raimona National Park.
Meanwhile, the national park has a variety of wildlife including tiger, clouded leopard, Golden Langur, Indian gaur, Asian Elephant, spotted deer, wild buffalo and hornbill.
Furthermore, the national park is also known to host over 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds, many species of orchids and 380 species of plants.