Namdapha National park

October 2013 : 

• Center cleared a 157km Miao-VijayNagar road project that will connect Vijaynagar circle in Changlang district of Arunanchal Pradesh along the Indo-Myanmar border,100 km of which passes through Namdapha National Park.

About :

• Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and is located in Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India.
•  It is also the third largest national park in India in terms of area.
•  The area is also known for extensive Dipterocarp forests.
• The park is located in Changlang district of the Northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, near its border with Myanmar.
•  The park is located between the Dapha bum range of the Mishmi Hills and the Patkai range

Fauna :  

•  Four big cat species occurre in the park: snow leopards, clouded leopards, common leopards and tigers
• Smaller carnivores include red panda, red fox
• Seven species of non-human primates including Stump-tailed macaque and Slow Loris, Hoolock Gibbons, Capped Langurs, Assamese Macaques and Rhesus Macaques.

Tribes :

• Few settlements of Lisu tribal people within the park. Most of the Lisus are, however, located beyond the eastern border of the park towards the international border of India with Myanmar. There are also Chakma, Tangsa and Singpho settlements around the park.