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Rhino returns to forest cleared of encroachment in Assam

Days after encroachments were cleared from almost 90 per cent area of Pava Reserve Forest in Assam’s Lakhimpur district, a one-horned Rhino was spotted in the evicted site, bringing cheers to wildlife protectors, officials said on Wednesday. Expressing happiness over spotting the rhino inside Pava Reserve Forest, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the animals were seen in the land freed from encroachment just a few days ago.