Fast Moving Truck Hits Rhino, Shows What Kind Of Danger They Face In Assam
In an unfortunate incident, a rhino was hit by a speeding truck at Assam's Haldibari in Dhubri district. A video of the incident has been shared by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Twitter that shows the rhinoceros colliding with the truck.
Video shared by Assam CM
"Rhinos are our special friends; we'll not allow any infringement on their space," the chief minister tweeted. "In this unfortunate incident at Haldibari the Rhino survived; vehicle intercepted & fined. Meanwhile in our resolve to save animals at Kaziranga we're working on a special 32-km elevated corridor."
In the ten seconds clip, the rhino comes running out of a wooded area before stumbling onto a road and ramming into a truck. After being hit, the rhino gets up, falls down again, and scurries back into the forest.
According to local media reports, the truck was enroute Guwahati from Jorhat and the incident occurred in Haldibari Animal Corridor. The vehicle was reportedly intercepted in Bagari area of Nagaon district and was heavily fined by the transport and forest department.
Population of one-horned rhinos in Assam
The population of one-horned rhinos in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) has increased by 200 in the past four years, as per the latest census released in March this year. With a population of 2613, KNPTR has the largest population of one-horned rhinos.
Meanwhile,?Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in Assam, on Saturday hailed the Assam government for "freeing" Kaziranga National Park from encroachment and rhino poaching, "stopping" cow smuggling through the Bodoland region and "preventing" illegal trading of supari (areca nut).
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