GUWAHATI: Assam’s Minister for Environment and Forest, Parimal Suklabaidya on Saturday inaugurated the Dihing Patkai National Park.
“The rich floral and faunal diversity of the park well known for its rainforest will soon attain the stature of one of the best national parks in the country,” Parimal Suklabaidya told News live.
…. gathering to absorb minerals from the soil in these hot summer days. What a sight to behold! The park has 310 species of butterflies recorded till date.
— Parimal Suklabaidya (@ParimalSuklaba1) July 3, 2021
“Went inside the dense rainforest of Dihing Patkai National Park after its formal inauguration at Jeypore range in Dibrugarh district on Saturday.
Was wonderstruck to see the rich floral and faunal diversity of the park with swarms of colourful butterflies….,” Parimal Suklabaidya Tweeted.
Suklabaidya further Tweeted, “…. gathering to absorb minerals from the soil in these hot summer days. What a sight to behold! The park has 310 species of butterflies recorded till date.”
Dehing Patkai National Park (also spelled at Dihing Patkai National Park) is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam and covers an area of 231.65 km2 (89.44 sq mi) rainforest. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary on 13 June 2004. On 13 December 2020 Government of Assam upgraded it into a national park. On 9 June 2021 Forest Department of Assam officially notified it as a national park. The Dihing Patkai National Park was officially inaugurated on 3 July 2021.
It is located in the Dehing patkai landscape which is a dipterocarp-dominated lowland rainforest. The rainforest stretches for more than 575 km2 (222 sq mi) in the districts of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Charaideo. 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. The Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as Dehing-Patkai Elephant Reserve under Project Elephant.(wiki)
