Watch: PM Modi visits Kaziranga National Park in Assam and enjoys elephant safari
PM Modi visited Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Saturday. He also enjoyed the elephant, during his first visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Golaghat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam on Saturday morning and took an elephant and jeep safari in his first visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Prime Minister Modi, on his maiden visit to the National Park, first took the famous elephant safari in the Mihimukh area of Central Kohora Range. Then he made the jeep safari within the same area. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Kaziranga National Park Director Sonali Ghosh and other senior forest officials.
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#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The Prime Minister also made an elephant safari here. pic.twitter.com/Kck92SKIhp
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Prime Minister Modi had arrived at the national park last night on a two-day visit to Assam. It is worth noting that he is the first Prime Minister to spend the night in Kaziranga. Earlier, on Friday, Prime Minister Modi held a roadshow in Kaziranga. Cultural events were organized as part of the rousing welcome to Prime Minister Modi.
Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve
Considered the crown jewel of Assam, the National Park is home to the largest habitat of rhinos. It is also home to more than 600 species of birds, dolphins and one of the highest densities of tigers. Kaziranga is one of the country’s most popular holiday destinations, attracting millions of visitors from all over the world every month. The national park is inhabited by more than 2,200 Indian (one-horned) rhinos, which is about two-thirds of their total population in the world. Developed in 1908, the park is located on the edge of the eastern Himalaya’s biodiversity hotspots: Golaghat and Nagaon districts. The park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.
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(with input from authorities)