In Assam, the Manas National Park has once again become a World Heritage Site following removal of the ‘in danger’ tag by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. According to official sources in Guwahati, a decision to this effect was taken at the 35th meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris on Tuesday. Manas National Park was put in the UNESCO's ‘in danger’ list following large scale destruction of wildlife and infrastructure during the height of Bodo insurgency in the late '80s and early '90s.Spread over 500 square kilometre in Bodoland Territorial Council in the foothills of Bhutan, the park had got the World Heritage Site status in 1985. With the removal of the danger tag, Assam now has two World Heritage Sites, the other being Kaziranga National Park.Reacting to the UNESCO Committee’s decision, the Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said the removal of the danger tag proved that all the hard work that went into restoring status of Manas National Park has borne fruits.Manas is home to a great variety of wildlife, including endangered species such as the tiger, the pygmy hog, the rhinoceros and the elephant. It was inscribed on the List ‘in danger’ in 1992, seven years after it had entered UNESCO's World Heritage Site List. According to sources, the World Heritage Committee noted that the outstanding universal value for which the property was inscribed on the World Heritage List was recovering from damage sustained during the Bodoland struggle in the site. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Suresh Chand, who was part of the Indian delegation in Paris, said Assam has set an example in wildlife conservation for the entire world to follow by ensuring the removal of danger tag in Manas National Park.The decision on the World Heritage status of Manas was an outcome of voting by 22 member countries to the World Heritage Committee. The turnaround in Manas's fate came about in the early 2000. The improvement of political situation with the creation of the Bodoland territorial Council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution provided the impetus for making a concerted effort in the conservation of Manas. Involvement of the Bodoland Territorial Council ( BTC), NGOs, local communities, State Forest Department have been able to restore Manas National Park to a significant extent. BTC deputy chief executive member Kampa Borgoyari said, “Without the continued support of the people, the danger tag could not have been removed.’