Wildlife health and research institute to come up in Tinsukia: Assam Chief
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

Dibrugarh, December 22: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said the state government will establish a wildlife health and research institute in the Tinsukia district. During his visit to Dibrugarh on Sunday, the chief minister said the foundation stone for the wildlife institute will be laid at Guijan in January 2021. “Different research work on wildlife activity can be easily done in the research institute,” Sonowal said. “We have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forest to accord the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary with the status of a national park,” Sonowal said. “Our Government is committed to working for a clean and green environment of the region,” he said. The state government has planted eight crores of plant saplings in Assam and extended 222 square km of forest area, which have been published in the Forest Survey of India Report.