Question: Recently declared as National Park, Raimona National Park is situated in which state of India?
a) Nagaland
b) Assam
c) Odisha
d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: b
Facts
- Raimona in Kokrajhar district of Assam has become Assam’s sixth national park.
- This forest comes under Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) across the border with Bhutan.
- The five national parks that existed prior to the Raimona are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks.
About Raimona National Park
- This 422 sq. km national park of Assam is located in Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district under BTR. It is bounded on the west by the Sonkosh river along the Assam-West Bengal border running southward from the India-Bhutan border and the Saralbhanga river on the east till it touched the India-Bhutan border on the north and the southern part of the Ripu Reserve Forest.
- It is home to golden langur, tigers, Asian elephants, clouded leopards, wild buffalo, Indian gaur, hornbill, spotted deer, 170 species of birds, 150 species of butterflies and 380 varieties of plants & orchids.
By kameshwar shukla