In July 2020, Assam government has decided to upgrade which of the following Wildlife Sanctuaries into a national park?

Option 1 is correct i.e Dihing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary The Assam government has decided to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park. The announcement comes just months after the National Board of Wildlife’s (NBWL) conditional clearance to a coal mining project by Coal India Limited (CIL) in the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve. Some human activities such as grazing can be allowed inside a wildlife sanctuary, but no human activity is allowed in a national park. National parks call for a complete protection status under The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 . While the first proposal to accord national park status to the region dates back to 1995, Dehing Patkai was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2004 . Post upgradation, Dehing Patkai will be the sixth national park in Assam — the other five being Kaziranga, Nameri, Manas, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.