Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary was recently is news because it is upgrades to National Park. Dehing Patkai Wildlife Santuary is in which state?

The correct answer is Assam . Key Points Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is in Assam . Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary which is spread over the districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia has been upgraded to National Park. Talks were underway for the last few months to take the necessary measures to upgrade the sanctuary that covers an area of 111.942 square kilometres. After its up-gradation, Assam would now house six national parks. It is known as the Jeypore forest , Dehing Patkai had got the wildlife sanctuary status in 2004. Dehing is the name of the river that flows through this forest and Patkai is the hill at the foot of which the sanctuary lies. Additional Information The oldest refinery of Asia in Digboi and ‘open cast’ coal mining at Lido are located near the sanctuary. It is famous for Assam Valley Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests bordering Arunachal Pradesh. Rare fauna found in the region includes Chinese pangolin , flying fox, wild pig, sambar, barking deer, gaur, serow, and Malayan giant squirrels. It is the only sanctuary in India that is home to seven different species of wild cats - tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, leopard cat, golden cat, jungle cat, and marbled cat.