2479 horns of single-horned Rhinos burned

To end the poaching of of single-horned Rhinos in Assam & India. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma taken an extraordinary step of burning stockpile of 2479 horns of single-horned Rhinos, first-of-its-kind globally in volume terms, pursuing vision of PM Narendra Modi. Sarma said that One-horned rhino is not only integral to our civilisation, but also a symbol of our prized heritage and identity. "We are preserving 94 rhino horns for display at a museum to be set up at Kaziranga National Park. The use of rhinos' horns for medicinal purposes is a myth", he said.