Kaziranga to open from Oct 2

Agoratoli Range to remain shut due to destruction by floods

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 10, 2017 shows Indian one-horn rhinoceroses next to flood waters on higher land at Kaziranga National Park, about 250 kilometres east of Guwahati, on July 10, 2017. Monsoon floods have killed 225 native animals in India's remote northeast, including 15 rare one-horned rhinos and a Bengal tiger, an official said August 21, amid heavy downpours across the region. / AFP PHOTO / Biju BORO

The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam, home to the one-horned Indian rhino, will reopen for tourists on October 2 after it was closed in May this year.

The UNESCO declared World Heritage Site will reopen at 5 a.m. at Mihimukh under the Kohora Range of the Park in the presence of Assam Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma and local MLA-cum-Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, KNP Divisional Forest officer Rohini Ballav Saikia said here on Thursday.

Ms. Brahma is scheduled to open the jeep safari at the Bagori Range, while Mr. Bora will open the Burahpahar Range at KNP, Mr. Saikia said, adding that domestic and international visitors from Germany and Australia are likely to be in the first group of a 14-member elephant safari that is to be kicked off from Mihimukh elephant safari point under the Kohora Range.

The Agoratoli Range, famous for migratory birds, will remain closed due to massive destruction by floods during the recent devastating deluge that claimed the life of several rhinos and other animals there, he said.