{"id":115957,"date":"2026-07-30T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=115957"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:05:52","slug":"raimona-national-park-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/raimona-national-park-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Raimona National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Raimona National Park Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A firing incident was recently reported from the Athiabari Range of Raimona National Park in Assam&#8217;s Kokrajhar district, with a man suspected of involvement in illegal deforestation allegedly being shot by forest personnel. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Raimona National Park<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Kokrajhar district of <\/span><b>Assam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within the <\/span><b>Bodoland Territorial Region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies along the<\/span><b> India-Bhutan border <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the <\/span><b>foothills of the Eastern Himalayas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares <\/span><b>contiguous forest patches <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creating a transboundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 sq km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rivers:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Sankosh River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows along the western boundary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Saralbhanga River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lies on the eastern side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Pekua River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forms the southern boundary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostly, this park flourishes with myriads of <\/span><b>orchid species, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other <\/span><b>tropical rainforest species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> riverine grasslands.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other intriguing fauna includes varieties of <\/span><b>bamboo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and numerous wetland ecosystems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It boasts of an <\/span><b>endangered primate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">species called the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/golden-langurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Langur<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has been named the<\/span><b> mascot of the Bodoland region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The park is also inhabited by various other species such as elephant, Bengal tiger, wild bison,<\/span><b> white-spotted deer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> clouded leopard,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and wild buffalo.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has recorded four to five species of hornbills, 170 species of birds, and more than 150 species of butterflies. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/assam\/video\/assam-man-suspected-of-illegal-deforestation-allegedly-shot-dead-by-forest-guards-in-raimona-national-park-1431075-2026-07-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raimona National Park is located in the Kokrajhar district of Assam within the Bodoland Territorial Region. 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