Kaziranga corridor to ensure safe wildlife movement in national park, boost tourism

The Kaziranga elevated corridor project, the instauration of which volition beryllium laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (January 18, 2026), is aimed astatine ensuring harmless wildlife question successful the nationalist parkland and boosting ecotourism, officials said.

The ₹6,957-crore task volition besides trim accidents connected National Highway-37, they said.

The task includes the four-laning of the Kaliabor-Numaligarh conception of NH-37 (New NH-715) and astir 34.45 km of elevated corridor, on with bypasses astatine Jakhalabandha and Bokakhat, 1 of the officials said.

The task has been designed successful compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court and the recommendations of the Wildlife Institute of India, helium said.

The objectives of the task are to amended connectivity betwixt Central and Upper Assam and guarantee the extortion of the affluent biodiversity of the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, different authoritative said.

The flagship infrastructure task volition beryllium implemented by NHIDCL nether the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and the operation volition beryllium completed successful 36 months, helium said.

The Centre's Cabinet Committee connected Economic Affairs had approved the widening of the 86.675-km agelong of the road to 4 lanes and the operation of a 34.5-km elevated corridor with the country underneath for the crossing of animals from the nationalist parkland to the Karbi Anglong Hills, peculiarly during the flood season.

''Looking guardant to being successful Kaliabor, Assam contiguous for the Bhoomi Poojan of cardinal improvement works, including the 35 km elevated corridor crossed Kaziranga. This volition spell a agelong mode successful safeguarding animals, peculiarly successful the monsoon season'', the Prime Minister posted connected 'X'.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, replying to Mr. Modi's post, said the elevated corridor crossed Kaziranga is simply a landmark measurement towards protecting wildlife, portion strengthening connectivity.

Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve is famed for its biodiversity, having the world's largest colonisation of one-horned rhinoceroses, on with important numbers of tigers, elephants, chaotic h2o buffalo, and swamp deer, amidst Brahmaputra River floodplains with extended grasslands, forests, and wetlands.