A  100 Forest Guards  to Protect Kaziranga 

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Stung by opposition parties, criticism following deaths of one - horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National park, the assam government on tuesday decided to rush a 100- member team for the protection of rhinos "A 50- member assam. forest protection. force team has already left today while another 50 members will be dispatched before october 6, " forest minister rockybul hussiain said here.

 Confirming that 39 rhinos were killed -36 by poachers and 28 due to flood - this year. he said the rhino population had increased in Kaziranga tremendously for which the "endangered" tag has been removed for them.Hussain said the number of rhinos have risen to 2,505 in the state and 2,290 in in Kaziranga Alone only because of good forest management . "The AGP and BJP are raking up the issue of bad Forest management . this will harm the prestige of the park which is a pride for the people of Assam,"Hussain said.

source :- TOI