Aarnyak provided High-tech gadgets to Raimona National Park

GUWAHATI: Raimona National Park, the youngest of Assam’s six national parks, has been gifted 10 advanced wireless communication devices by Aaranyak, which is dedicated to research-based conservation of biodiversity.

These high-end Motorola devices were generously donated by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, a UK-based non-profit organization that has been supporting Aaranyak with his conservation projects for decades.
More than 40 people attended the function on Monday, including forest officials and Aaranyak representatives, while communication devices were distributed. The equipment was provided to four range officers of the National Park – Pranjal Talukdar from the Central Range, Biswajeet Basumatary from the Sanfan Range, Kangkan Jyoti Kaushik from the Athiabari Range and Anupam Das from the Western Range.
The program was held in the Central Range IB, Kachugaon Division of the National Park in the presence of Divisional Forest Officer, Bhanu Sinha who inaugurated the event. He said that communication devices will greatly help in the conservation efforts of the national park.
The DFO appreciated Aaranyak’s continuous and vital support to complement the efforts of the forest authorities in the conservation of wildlife in Assam and other parts of the region and the country.

The event was organized by Dr. Dipankar Lahkar, a senior conservationist from Aaranyak in collaboration with Binita Baruwati, another conservationist from Aaranyak.

Last year also, Aaranyak presented four motorcycles to the four ranges of Raimona National Park in an effort to ease the movement of frontline forest staff in the newly notified national park where infrastructure and logistics are being enhanced.
“Raimona is a new national park that has immense potential to contribute to wildlife conservation in western Assam bordering Bhutan,” said Dr Bibhub Kumar Talukdar, Secretary General and CEO of Aaranyak. Wireless Communication Networks Realizing the need to strengthen, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation in collaboration with Aaranyak Kachugaon Forest Division is pleased to offer the much needed support.
A Royal Bengal tiger was photographed by a camera trap in Raimona National Park on January 25 last year, the first evidence of a tiger’s presence in the park since it was declared a national park by the Assam government. Using camera traps, Aaranyak and the Forest Department have estimated the population in the park under the All India Tiger Monitoring Program (AITMP).
Raimona National Park is an excellent wildlife habitat and harbors endangered species such as Royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, golden Langur, Chinese pangolin, dust and small cats. Apart from this, the park is also home to butterflies, birds and orchids.

This national park is located in the Gossaingaon area of ​​Assam, across the Bhutanese border, within the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). The Assam government had declared it a national park on 5 June 2021 on the occasion of World Environment Day.