Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve in Darrang district will be reopened for visitors from November 1 next obeying necessary health protocols for COVID 19 . This has been informed in a press statement issued by DFO, Mangaldai Wildlife Division on Tuesday. The National Park remained closed since the month of March due to the nationwide lockdown. The Park which is also known as the mini Kaziranga is reportedly the natural habitation of 101 nos of one horned rhino and 21 nos of Royal Bengal Tiger as recorded in 2018 Besides rhino and tiger, the Park covering an area of nearly seventy nine square kilometre is also the home several other wildlife species of conservation importance including wild elephant, buffalo, hog deer, pigmy hog and bengal florican among others
