CHALLENGES FACED BY ASSAM
- Crack down on poaching in the Kaziranga National Park and also on illegal timber and wildlife trade,
which is also known to finance militant outfits.
- Not widen the NH-37 highway, which cuts through the vital Kaziranga-Karbi Anlong.
If possible, the highway must be redirected so that it does not pass
- Declare Eco-sensitive zone around Kaziranga to reduce human conflict with tiger, rhino and
elephants
- Set up the Special Tiger Protection Force in the Manas Tiger Reserve. Insurgency and poaching have
nearly wiped out tigers and rhinos and adversely affected more than 10 endangered mammals found there.
- Set up a Special Tiger Protection Force.