57 Poachers of Raimona National Park Surrender

The administration of BTC has also presented each of them a cheque of Rs 50, 000 to sustain their livelihood.

The poachers have surrendered with arms in a village near the national park.

Chief Executive Members of BTC, Pramod Boro informed that incoming day more financial support would be given to them and urged other poachers to surrender.

"Ever since Raimona has been declared to be a national park, the poachers do not want to hunt anymore and are therefore surrendering. To honour their step and to protect their livelihood, the government is planning to further give an amount of Rs 1.20 lakhs for setting up a new business," Boro said adding that two handloom factories would be set up to generate employment.

Yesterday, The biggest-ever stockpile of rhino horns was consigned to flames at Bokakhat on World Rhino Day amidst the chanting of hymns and the blowing of conch shells to dispel the myths associated with rhino horns. The State Government burnt 2,479 rhino horns in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a public function to bust that rhino horns have amazing medicinal value.

Sarma said that today is a historic day for Assam and India as an extraordinary step to burn the largest-ever stockpile of 2,479 rhino horns has been taken, the highest in the world, pursuing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting an end to poaching in the state." He said: "We would respect and love the rhinos alive and protect them in their natural habitats. A one-horned rhino is not only integral to our civilization but also a symbol of our prized heritage and identity. We are preserving 94 rhino horns for display at a museum to be set up at the Kaziranga National Park."