Workshop Holding an Employees Fresh Air Camp Consisting of 30 Employees along with wife/husband and two Children as per pass rule in the Second week of the month of April-2018(Date will be announced soon).
the place for Fresh Air Camp may be "Manas National Park" Assam,India,Nearest City Barpeta Road.
Manas Nationla Park:-Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctury(Assamese: মানস ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় উদ্যান, Manôx Rastriyô Udyan ) is a national park UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and biosphere reserve in assam, India.Located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog.Manas is famous for its population of the wild water buffalo.
Main entrance of Manas National Park
Origin of the name:-The name of the park is originated from the Manas River, which is named after the serpent goddess Manasa. The Manas river is a major tributary of Brahmaputra River, which passes through the heart of the national park.
History:-The Manas National Park was declared a sanctuary on 1 October 1928 with an area of 360 km2. Manas bioreserve was created in 1973. Prior to the declaration of the sanctuary it was a reserved forest called Manas R.F. and North Kamrup R.F. It was used by the Cooch Behar royal family and Raja of Gauripur as a hunting reserve. In 1951 and 1955 the area was increased to 391 km2. It was declared a World Heritage site in December 1985 by UNESCO. Kahitama R.F. the Kokilabari R.F. and the Panbari R.F. were added in the year 1990 to form the Manas National Park. In 1992, UNESCO declared it as a world heritage site in danger due to heavy poaching and terrorist activities. On 25 February 2008 the area was increased to 950 km2. On 21 June 2011, it was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger and was commended for its efforts in preservation.
Human history:-There is only one forest village, Agrang, in the core of the national park. Apart from this village 56 more villages surround the park. Many more fringe villages are directly or indirectly dependent on the park.
Geography:- Political Geography: The park area falls in five districts: Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Barpeta, Udalguri and Darrang in the state of Assam in India.
Physical Geography: Manas is located in the foothills of the Eastern Himalaya
and is densely forested. The Manas river flows thorough the west of the
park and is the main river within it. It is a major tributary of
Brahmaputra river and splits into two separate rivers, the Beki and
Bholkaduba as it reaches the plains. Five other smaller rivers also flow
through the national park which lies on a wide, low-lying alluvial
terrace spreading out below the foothills of the outer Himalaya. The
Manas river also serves as an international border dividing India and
Bhutan. The bedrock of the savanna area in the north of the park is made
up of limestone and sandstone, whereas the grasslands in the south of
the park stand on deep deposits of fine alluvium. The combination of
Sub-Himalayan Bhabar Terai formation along with the riverine succession
continuing up to Sub-Himalayan mountain forest make it one of the
richest areas of biodiversity in the world. The park is 950 km2. in area and is situated at a height of 61m to 110m above mean sea level.
Climate: The minimum temperature is around 15 degrees C and maximum temperature is around 37 degrees C.
Heavy rainfall occurs between May and September. The annual average rainfall is around 333 cm.
Natural history:-
Biomes
There are two major biomes present in Manas:
- The grassland biomes : pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros (re-introduced in 2007 after extinction due to heavy poaching during the Bodo uprising), bengal florican, wild Asian buffalo, etc.
- The forest biomes : slow loris, capped langur, wild pig, sambar, great hornbill, Malayan giant squirrel or black giant squirrel, etc.
Flora
Jungle owl in manas
Vegetation: The monsoon forests of Manas lie in the Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests ecoregion.[4] The combination of Sub-Himalayan Bhabar Terai formation with riverine succession leading up to the Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests makes it one of the richest biodiversity areas in the world.
The main vegetation types are:
- Sub-Himalayan Light Alluvial Semi-Evergreen forests in the northern parts.
- East Himalayan mixed Moist and Dry Deciduous forests (the most common type).
- Low Alluvial Savanna Woodland, and
- Assam Valley Semi-Evergreen Alluvial Grasslands which cover almost 50% of the park.
Much of the riverine dry deciduous forest is at an early successional
stage. It is replaced by moist deciduous forest away from water
courses, which is succeeded by semi-evergreen climax forest in the
northern part of the park. A total of 543 plants species have been
recorded from the core zone. Of these, 374 species are dicotyledons
(including 89 trees), 139 species monocotyledons and 30 are
Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms.
The park's common trees include Aphanamixis polystachya, Anthocephalus chinensis, Syzygium cumini, Syzygium formosum, Syzygium oblatum, Bauhinia purpurea, Mallotus philippensis, Cinnamomum tamala, Actinodaphne obvata, Bombax ceiba, Sterculia villosa, Dillenia indica, Dillenia pentagyna, Careya arborea, Lagerstroemia parviflora, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia chebula, Trewia polycarpa, Gmelina arborea, Oroxylum indicum and Bridelia spp. The grasslands are dominated by Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum naranga, Phragmites karka, Arundo donax, Dillenia pentagyna, Phyllanthus emblica, Bombax ceiba, and species of Clerodendrum, Leea, Grewia, Premna and Mussaenda.
Fauna
A capped langur in Manas
The sanctuary has recorded 55 species of mammals, 380 species of
birds, 50 of reptiles, and 3 species of amphibians. Out of these
wildlife, 21 mammals are India’s Schedule I mammals and 31 of them are
threatened.
The fauna of the sanctuary include Indian elephants, Indian rhinoceros, gaurs, Asian water buffaloes, barasingha, Indian tigers, Indian leopards, clouded leopards, Asian golden cats, dholes, capped langurs, golden langurs, Assamese macaques, slow loris, hoolock gibbons, smooth-coated otters, sloth bears, barking deers, hog deers, black panthers, sambar deers and chitals.
The park is well known for species of rare and endangered wildlife that are not found anywhere else in the world like the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog.
The Manas hosts more than 450 species of birds.[5] It has the largest population of the endangered Bengal florican to be found anywhere. Other major bird species include great hornbills, jungle fowls, bulbuls, brahminy ducks, kalij pheasants, egrets, pelicans, fishing eagles, crested serpent-eagles, falcons, scarlet minivets, bee-eaters, magpie robins, pied hornbills, grey hornbills, mergansers, harriers, Indian Peafowl, ospreys and herons.