Army Ordered Out Of Sanctuary Govt Notice On Firing Range At Sonai Rupai

“Though the army said this was for its defence needs, we will act according to the law," a top ranking forest department official today told The Telegraph.

There are two firing ranges inside the 220 square km Sonai Rupai wildlife sanctuary. The short firing range, on the southern fringes of the sancutary, is behind the Lama camp at Kalamati and the long firing range at Kamengbari, on the northern side, 15km apart.

Once a place is declared a wildlife sanctuary, there can be no non-forestry activity. Sonai Rupai, 190km from Guwahati, was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1998.

Sources said this order is for the small arms firing range at Lama camp but sooner or later, the order for dismantling the other one at Kamengbari would follow. Read the full report here.

Source: Roopak Goswami, The Telegraph, Guwahati.