Bongaigaon Digit

Monday is going to be a historical day for the people of Assam and as a whole, as the maiden journey of the first Vande Bharat Express train from , will be virtually flagged off from Guwahati by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With the arrival of the state of the art Vande Bharat Express in Assam, people of the region will be able to travelling by express train with speed and comfort. It will also boost tourism in the region.

The express train, which will connect Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri, will help save about an hour of the journey time, as compared to the fastest train the Railways provide, connecting both the places.

Vande Bharat Express will cover the journey in about five-and-a-half hours, while the current fastest train takes around six-and-a-half hours to cover the same distance.

As the Semi high Speed train comprises all latest amenities, the difference can be well experienced by the people of northeast during travel.

Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministry will hold a meeting with the forest department officials of Assam on May 24 on the alleged anomalies in the estimation of the rhinos in Kaziranga National Park.

Assam’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), Chief Wild Life Warden, Director of Kaziranga National Park (KNP), evaluators of rhino enumeration exercise in KNP and SPIO of rhino enumeration exercise in KNP have been asked to join the meeting.

Rakesh Kumar Jagenia, Deputy Inspector General of Forests (Wildlife) of Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministry in a notice said that the Addl. Director General of Forests & Director, of Wild Life Preservation will chair the meeting.