Northeast Frontier Railway has allocated funds to construct a canopy bridge for Hoolock Gibbon in Assam’s Hollongapar Gibbon

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The Northeast Frontier Railway has allocated funds to construct a canopy bridge for Hoolock Gibbon in Assam’s Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary.
This initiative aims to facilitate safe movement for the Hoolock Gibbon, across a railway track that divides its primary habitat in eastern Assam.
The decision was made in consultation with the Assam State Forest Department, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and other stakeholders.
A 1.65-km-long track – set to be doubled and electrified – divides the 2,098.62-hectare Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in the Jorhat district.
The sanctuary has the largest concentration of the hoolock gibbon, one of 20 species of apes on Earth.