The Assam government is set to complete the legal process for doubling the Kaziranga National Park area from the present 430 square kilometer. State Forest and Tourism Minister R. Hussain said the government is expeditiously trying to settle the land acquisition process for the extension so that animals, including the prized one-horned rhinos, are better protected. Although the park has already more than 800 square kilometer area, it is not legally sanctioned thus preventing the authorities from removing human settlements in the proposed extended area. The minister said steps are being taken to plant saplings in 20,000 hectares. A process is also on to raise a Assam Forest Protection Force.