Staff Reporter
Guwahati, July 23: Assam’s Barak Valley – home to diverse flora and fauna, will soon get a second wildlife sanctuary with Governor Jagdish Mukhi approving a proposal for the creation of Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary. According to an official order dated on July 19 stated, “In exercise of the power conferred by Section 35 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as amended up to date, the Governor of Assam is pleased to declare its intention to constitute the area described in the Schedule annexed hereto as the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary.” “The Governor of Assam further hereby appoints the Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, Silchar, to enquire into and determine the existence, the nature and extent of any rights/claims alleged to exist in favour of any person or persons, in or over any land within the limit described in the schedule below,” – the order further reads. The Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary will be spread over an area of 320 sq km between the Barak river and the Sonai river. The area has eight recorded species of primates — Slow Loris, Rhesus Macaque, Pig-Tailed Macaque, Stump-Tailed Macaque, Assamese Macaque, Capped Langur, Phayre’s Leaf Monkey and Hoolock Gibbon. It’s also an important habitat for king cobra, according to the Cachar Forest Division. BJP MP from Silchar Rajdeep Roy taking to twitter wrote, “he proposed #BarakBhubanWildlifeSanctuary will only be the second Wildlife Sanctuary of Barak Valley Special gratitude to @HimantaBiswaSarma ji under whose stewardship this project is taking shape." The proposed Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary will only be the second Wildlife Sanctuary of Barak Valley.
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