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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Kaziranga National Park has become the first national park in India to be equipped with satellite phones. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua handed over 10 satellite phones to the forest personnel of the Kaziranga National Park.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a first-of-its-kind move to provide assistance to thwart poaching and ensure coordinated functioning, officials of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have been equipped with satellite phones.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kaziranga National Park, located in Assam, is known for its unique rhinos and beautiful landscape. The park is spread over 430 sq km of land. Kaziranga is home to the rare one-horned rhinoceros, elephants, and other endangered species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kaziranga has become the first National Park in India to have been equipped with satellite phones, officials said on Wednesday. The decision to provide satellite phones for boosting anti-poaching measure was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on May 27.

Detailed explanation-5: -BSNL will be the service provider and the park authorities will bear the monthly expenses. Meanwhile, BSNL trained the forest personnel to operate the satellite phones in shadow areas and grooves where mobile phones do not function.