With the flood waters submerging 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government has imposed speed restrictions on a stretch of National Highway 37 and prohibitory orders to safeguard the animals in the area.
Authorities have started issuing time cards at various check points for regulating vehicular speed to 40 km per hour on NH 37.
The time card system was started after two hog deer were killed by speeding vehicles at NH 37 in last 24 hours, a senior park official said, adding
that different agencies, including the police, transport and civil administration have joined hands to control speed of vehicles on NH 37, that touches the southern boundary of the park.
According to the official, the speed restrictions are needed as some of the animals stray outside the park, particularly to head towards higher land in adjoining areas of Karbi Anglong, and are either injured or killed by speeding vehicles while trying to cross the NH 37.