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Assam’s only ''Green Village'' Jakhalabandha

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Jakhalabandha goes green in bid to be Gateway to Kaziranga Over 500 shops and business establishments of Jakhalabandha area paints their structures green heeding the call of the Kaliabor subdivision administration that has started a ‘Green Jakhalabandha Clean Jakhalabandha’ campaign to project Jakhalabandha as the ‘Gateway to Kaziranga’. The campaign aims at projecting Jakhalabandha as the Gateway to Kaziranga with thrust on greenery, cleanliness and hygiene, scientific waste management, development of home-stay facilities, an organic farming in sync with the Swachh Bharat Mission and Solid Waste Resource Management The administration also interacted with rag-pickers and distributed a tricycle van for transportation of garbage. The aim is to segregate and collect waste at source and ensure scientific disposal and manage waste without dustbin and make it to be a pollution-free and plastic-free zone, which  would facilitate large-scale plantation across the subdivision and in
Kaliabor Tourism  1 BHARALI NAMGHAR, KALIABOR ;  Hatbor  is a small town in  Nagaon  district,  Assam  under  Kaliabor  sub division. The famous Bharali Namghar is about 1 km away from Hatbor. The battle between Mulagabharu and Turbak took place in Hatbor. The river Kolong flows in the north of Hatbor.  2 Kamakhya Temple In Silghat ;  The famous Kamakhya temple is situated in Silghat on the bank of the Brahmaputra river. The Ashok Ashtami mela is held every year near the temple. 3  The  Hatimura Temple   is a shakti temple, located at  Silghat ,  Nagaon  district of  Assam . It was built during the reign of Ahom king Pramatta Singha  in 1667  Sakabda  (1745-46 AD). It used to be an important center of  Shaktism  in ancient Assam. The presiding goddess is  Durga  which is known here as  Mahisamardini . Human sacrifice  was said to be made at the temple’s  altars  This place is also full of natural beauty which yet to explore. 4  Kolia Bhomora Setu   is a   pre-stressed

Pride Of Assam : The Kaziranga

KAZIRANG NATIONAL PARK The  history of  Kaziranga National Park  in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of  Assam ,  India , can be traced back to the beginning of the twentieth century, in 1904. It now is a  World Heritage Site  and hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses, tigers, and many other endangered animals. The park formally became a  Reserve Forest  in 1908, a  game sanctuary  in 1916, and it was closed officially for shooting in 1926. Kaziranga was thrown open to visitors in 1938. After the  independence of India , Kaziranga was declared a  Wildlife Sanctuary  in 1950 and  UNESCO  declared Kaziranga a  World Heritage Site  in 1985and the  park has the world's single largest breeding population of  Indian rhinoceros ,  with the 2006 census estimating the present population to be around 1,855, around 70% of the world's total wild population of 2,700. The park contains significant stock of three other large herbivores — the  Asi