Dibrugarh: The All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) on Friday staged a two-hour sit-in at Dibrugarh’s Naharkatia town seeking proper demarcation of boundaries of the newly inaugurated Dihing Patkai National Park.
On July 3, minister for environment and forest Parimal Suklabaidya had inaugurated the 234.26-sqkm national park, which falls under the Jeypore range and Soraipung range of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts respectively. The forest further spreads over in the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The Dehing Patkai forms the largest stretch of lowland rainforests in India. There has been allegations that more than 110 hectares of the national park has been under illegal occupation by the neighbouring state.
“The boundaries of the Dihing Patkai park has not been clearly demarcated after its recent upgradation from a wildlife sanctuary,” Dibrugarh district Aasu president Abani Kumar Gogoi said.
