Dibru Saikowa

WHY IN NEWS?

• The biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park has faced a grave danger after production oil well of Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Tinsukia caught fire.

ABOUT DIBRU SAIKOWA NATIONAL PARK

• Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national park in Assam, India, located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
• It was designated a Biosphere Reserve in July 1997 with an area of 765 km2 (295 sq mi).
• The park is bounded by the Brahmaputra and Lohit Rivers in the north and Dibru river in the south.
• It mainly consists of moist mixed semi-evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, canebrakes and grasslands.
• It is the largest salix swamp forest in north-eastern India, with a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and usually dry winter.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Dibru Saikowa national park is located in:

1. Assam
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. Nagaland

Answer to Prelims question