Guwahati: Assam’s special DGP G P Singh on Monday said that not a single Rhino was killed in 2022 by poacher Backing Chief Minister Hiamanta Biswa Sarma’s statement, Singh wrote on twitter, “Our efforts against illegal rhino poaching have yielded good results. Last year in 2022, not a single rhino was killed by poachers in Assam. The last such incident happened on December 28, 2021, in Hilkund, Kohra under the Golaghat district. Our efforts against poaching will continue.”
Chief Minister Sarma on January 1 during an interaction with media personnel of various print, digital and electronic media on the first day of New Year had said, “2022 was a landmark year, probably after 25 years not a single case of rhino poaching was reported whether it be in Kaziranga, Orang, Manas or Pobitora National Parks. There has been a significant decrease in cases of rhino poaching although there have been remote cases of one or two incidents”.
Lauding the efforts of Assam Police and Forest personnel, Sarma said in yet another progressive initiative undertaken by the state government, there has been a significant decrease in accidents in the state, especially on December 31 and January 1.
Compared to previous years where there have been reports of 50 deaths due to road accidents, last year the number came down to 15.
