Three one-horned rhinos translocated by Oil India Ltd

Our Staff Correspondent

Dibrugarh: Oil India Ltd (OIL) adopted three one-horned rhinos orphaned during the devastating floods in July, 2016. On January 21, two rhinos were translocated and thereafter on February 10 this year, the third rhino was translocated from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), Panbari Borguri, Bokakhat, to Manas National Park, Narshingbari.

Upon translocation, these one-horned rhinos will be shifted to an acclimatization site where they will spend the next one year developing site fidelity before being released in the national park. From OIL, Sudipta Chakravarty, GM(CSR), J K Dutta, DGM (Land) and AK Azad Khan, DGM (Electrical) Pump Station 3, Jorhat were present at CWRC, Panbari to witness the momentous event on February 10, 2019.

These one-horned rhino calves were orphaned during the floods in July 2016 and Oil India Ltd under its CSR initiative took up this noble cause by being first the PSU to fully support hand raising and rehabilitation of these orphaned rhinos at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), Panbari Borguri, Bokakhat in Golaghat district for almost two-and-half years till the time they were little grown and ready to be translocated.

As per the records of CWRC, the names of the rhinos are Dubi (female), Chili (female) and Balu (male). These three names are based on the places of rescue of each rhino.

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