Kathmandu – The likelihood of conducting rhino census looks but unfeasible due to the lockdown in the face of COVID-19 pandemic and the adverse weather on top of it. However, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) has completed all preparations for the census. The rhino census was slated to be held from March 23 but was suspended as the country went into a lockdown.
Although it was said to be started from March 14, it was deferred to March 23 citing unfavourable weather. DNPWC deputy director-general Ram Chandra Kandel said the month of Chait (mid-March to mid-April) is the right time for counting rhinos. According to him, the month before this is
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