The Barpeta Road - Manas National Park road in lower Assam was blocked today in protest against its "deplorable" condition.
The road condition was affecting the movement of tourists to the UNESCO Natural World Heritage site.
All Assam Minorities Students Union (AAMSU), All Bodo Minority Students Union (ABMSU), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), Gariya Mariya Deshi Jatiya Parishad, Popular Front of India among others protested against "the indifference of PWD to repair the road".
The organisations also accused the local MLA of failing to develop the northern part of Barpeta and alleged that he did not stand by the side of the people suffering from erosion and flood.
Manas National Park, 176 km from Guwahati, is a project tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as rhinos, pygmy hog, hispid hare, the Assam roofed turtle, golden langur and wild water buffalo.
