Assam: Kaziranga National Park To Remain Open On 4th Feb'23

Divisional forest officer of the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, KNP issued the notification stating that the park will be open for tourists in the mentioned date. 

Due to some sort of management issues, concerned authorities of the park announced that Jeep Safari under Central Range, Kaziranga and Western Range along with Bagori will continue to stay restricted on 1st of February, 2023. 

However, Elephant Safari and Jeep Safari in the Burhapahar and Agoratoli range will be open for people as usual, the notification stated. The park authorities further mentioned that elephant safari will be available for the tourists just like usual. 

Recently, Assam Forest Unit announced that following the G20 delegates, jeep safari at KNP will be restricted on the 4th of February. Jeep Safari in the Bagori and Agoratoli range was supposed to be paused for general public, as issued in the statement by the department. 

However, the restriction has been lifted up by the department now. Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma on 4th January, held a meeting along with his cabinet personnels and discussed specific directives in a view of smooth functioning of the programme. 

It is worth mentioning here that, Assam is all set to welcome and host five G20 meetings in 2023. According to the schedule, the first meeting will be held in Guwahati on 2nd February, 2023. The theme will revolve around Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting under the Union Ministry of Finance. 

On 6th February, the second meeting will be based on Youth 20 Inception Meeting, while on 13th March, 2023, the meeting will be based on SAI 20 Inception meeting. Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, recently visited Guwahati to review preparations of the inception meeting.

The minister visited several venues including the IIT Guwahati, Sankardev Kalakshetra and conducted meetings and discussions with concerned officials of the state administration.

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