Assam gifts rhinos, cobras to MP, to receive tigers

A vast stretch of dense forests in eastern Madhya Pradesh, which were once used by the armed Naxal cadres as the passage to further their expansion plans, will now be home to wild buffalos that reportedly became extinct in the state over 100 years ago.

- ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal

Welcome to the jungles of Supkhar Forest Range of Kanha Tiger Reserve, spread in Balaghat and Mandla districts of eastern MP, which are set to become the home to the first batch of wild buffalos, likely to arrive from Assam by February-March. The two BJP-ruled states, Assam and Madhya Pradesh, mutually agreed on Thursday, to go ahead with a

wildlife exchange program, which includes wild buffaloes, rhinoceros, cobras, tigers and crocodiles.