GOLDEN LANGUR TOPIC: Environment Context- Neighbours of a golden langur habitat in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district have opposed a move by the State government to upgrade it to a wildlife sanctuary. Concept- Kakoijana Reserve Forest is one of the better-known homes of the golden langur (Trachypithecusgeei) found only in Assam and Bhutan and […]

  Subject: Environment Context: Golden Langurs are facing threat of electrocution from power supply lines. Concept: It is endemic to the semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forests straddling India and Bhutan. The golden langurs in Assam are hemmed in by three rivers Brahmaputra in the south, Manas in east and Sonkosh in west. Their northern limit […]