Assam will celebrate World Rhino Day on Wednesday in a unique way by putting to the torch nearly 2,500 horns seized mainly from poachers over the years and stored in various treasuries of the state. The bonfire will follow the burning of seized drugs valued at several crores recently.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma besides several ministers and senior forest department officials among others will be present at the event to be held at the Bokakhat public playground about 30 kilometres from Kaziranga National Park, a heritage site and famous for the one-horn rhino.