Current issue:

=> Timber smugglers are said to be operating with the help of some political leaders in the Dehing Patkai areas.

=> An illegal bench mill was discovered in Mohanbari, Dibrugarh district, last month.

=> During the raid, a modern wood-cutting machine, as well as a large quantity of wood, were seized.

About Dehing Patkai National Park:

=> It is 7th National Park of Assam.

=> It is in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.

=> Area- 234.26-sq. km

=> Dehing is the name of the river that flows through this forest and Patkai is the hill at the foot of which the NP lies.

=> Dehing Patkai was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2004.

=> The Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is also known as the Jeypore Rainforest.

=> It is famous for Assam Valley Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests bordering Arunachal Pradesh.

Fauna of Dehing Patkai:

=> Rare fauna found in the region include Chinese pangolin, flying fox, wild pig, sambar, barking deer, gaur, serow and Malayan giant squirrels.

=> It has the highest concentration of the rare endangered White Winged Wood Duck.

White Winged Wood Duck:

=> State Bird of Assam

=> Categorised - Endangered in IUCN Red List