Welcome to Manas Maozigendri Eco-tourism Society

A new dawn on the horizon
 
The poachers turned
Wild with ambitions and lofty dreams
The poachers burned
Trees, fishes and streams
With no one to care
They laughed and gambled
The virgin laid bare;
 
Would the birds sing
About bountiful and refreshing spring?
 
Then, only a handful they came
And put their deeds to shame,
With fire in their eyes,
Hopes as high as the skies
A breath so fresh
Nature’s green, but still tarnished dress
The virgin now restored
To her former glory and adored;

Gone is the night,
Gone is the fight.
Thankfully the UNESCO they came
Two steps to Manas, welcomed by MMES
To sing about her fame

She wore her lovely dress,
Again after so many years
Keeping aside her fears;
Look, for Manas, a new beginning
A new dawn on the horizon!

[By udo (MMES)
E-mail: udo_gr8man@yahoo.com]

GENESIS……

During the turbulent period of Bodo Mass Movement for demanding Bodoland there was rampant poaching of wild animals and felling of trees in Manas National Park. In those days there was no trumpeting of elephants, barking of deer, roars of tigers and chirping of birds in jubilation. But still the pristine beauty of Manas was not totally tarnished and there were wild denizens to keep their generation.

Meanwhile, some of the local youths and activists of All Bodo Students Union did not loss their heart and decided to launch efforts to restore the former glory of Manas through a issue in their local unit of Chapaguri Koklabari Anchalik Committee of All Bodo Students Union and consequently they raised the demand in the meeting of their District Committee (BDC/ABSU) to urge their Central Leadership to place the issue of conserving Manas National Park and making it an International Tourists Spot at the negotiating table while the latter were negotiating with the State and the Central Government to resolve the Bodo Issue. Consequently while the Bodo Accord was done on 10th February 2003 the issue of Restoration of MNP and making it an International Tourists Spot was incorporated as one of the special packages.

Being enthusiastic with this success story local ABSU youths did a lot more to conserve MNP and under the initiative of CKAC/ABSU Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society was formed on 13th December 2003 and entrusted to look after Conservation and Ecotourism issues in and around Manas.