PM Modi Commends Assam's Efforts In Reducing Rhino Poaching Cases
NDTV
PM Modi said more than 2,400 horns seized from smugglers were burnt on September 22 last year on the occasion of World Rhino Day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the efforts of the people and the government of Assam in bringing down rhino poaching cases from 37 in 2013 to one in 2021.
"When there is a sincere effort, work is done with a noble intention, results also follow," he said in his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat'.
Responding to the appreciation from PM Modi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government is firm in ensuring that the menace of poaching of the iconic one-horned rhinoceros is eliminated.
The chief of the state's anti-poaching squad and special DGP, GP Singh, also reiterated the resolve for stopping poaching altogether.
