A worker of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) in Assam went beyond his work brief of saving flood-affected animals to rescue three boys from drowning in the Brahmaputra. Bidyut Bikash Borah, the range officer of KNPTR’s Agratoli Range, said speedboat operator Bolin Bora had on May 19 rescued the three boys clinging desperately to a piece of driftwood. The river divides the one-horned rhino domain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985, unequally between these four ranges and the Biswanath Range on the other bank. “The boys had drifted for three hours before they could be rescued,” Mr. Bora said. “Two people drowned on Wednesday to take the toll to 89 with another 26 killed in landslides since May 22.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2020 17:03 UTC