Coronavirus: All national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, zoo in Assam to remain closed till Mar 29
Guwahati/IBNS: As a precautionary measure to check the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Assam government has taken a decision to keep all the national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves, zoological parks and protected areas closed till Mar 29.
In an order issued by the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife & Chief Wildlife Warden on Sunday stated that, to prevent any accidental spread of COVID-19 virus in the zoological Parks and Protected areas of the state, it is notified that the Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden, Guwahati shall remain closed to visitors with immediate effect till Mar 29, 2020.
The order also stated that, all the Tiger Reserves, National Parks and Sanctuaries of the state shall remain closed to visitors with effect from Mar 17, 2020 till Mar 29, 2020.
“All the permissions granted under Section 28 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for Film shooting/Research etc shall also remain suspended till 29th March, 2020 with immediate effect,” the order copy stated.
Assam Forest department PRO Sailen Pandey said that, the state forest department has taken all preventive measures for Coronavirus outbreak.
“The Assam Environment and Forest department has decided to close the state Zoo-cum-Botanical garden, Zoological parks till Mar 29. Apart from it, all national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserves including Kaziranga, Manas, Orang national parks, Pobitora wildlife sanctuary will also remain closed from Mar 17 to Mar 29,” Pandey said.
On Sunday, the Assam government announced that all educational institutions, gyms, swimming pools and cinema halls of the state remain closed till Mar 29 as a precautionary measure to check community transmission of the deadly novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said that, the state government has taken all preventive measures to check community transmission of COVID-19.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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