A truck was fined for hitting a rhinoceros on a highway in the Kaziranga National Park ꧒area in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday, stressing that his gov𒅌ernment will not allow infringement on their space.
Sharing CCTV footage of the incident on National Highway 37, Sarma tweeted that his gไovernment was working on an elevated corr♍idor to address such accidents.
In the 10-second video, a rhinoceros was seen hit by a truck after it suddenly came onto the highway. After being hit, the rhino tried to get up but stumbled and fell down. A while later, it man♎aged to get up again and limp back to the forest.
";Rhinos are our special friends; we'll not allow any infringement on their spaceဣ," he tweeted.
"In this unfortunate incident at Haldibari the Rhino survived; the veꦇhicle was intercepted & fined. Meanwhile, in our resolve to save aniဣmals at Kaziranga, we're working on a special 32-km elevated corridor," he added.
The speed limit at the Haldibari corridor, where𝓀 the incident happ🍎ened, is 40 km per hour but the truck was speeding at 52 km per hour, a forest official said.
The elevated corridor will be built from Jakhalabandha to Bokakhat for protectin𒊎g wildlife and promoting tourism at the park, officials said.
(Inputs from PTI)
