By Express News Service
KENDRAPARA: A forty five-year-old girl was killed by a crocodile on Wednesday morning whereas washing utensils in a pond at Hatigadi village beneath Chandibousamula Gram Panchayat round Bhitarkanika National Park within the district. This was the second deadly crocodile assault round Bhitarkanika inside per week, and the eighth within the final 13 months.
“The incident happened around 7.30 am when Sitarani Das was dragged away by a crocodile when she was washing utensils in a pond near a creek. Some locals raised an alarm and tried to save her but the reptile dragged her into the creek. After a few hours, fire brigade personnel and forest guards fished out her half-eaten body,” stated Sankar Das, a villager. The crocodile immediately manifested out of the knee-deep water and dragged in Sitarani, stated an eyewitness Sabita Mallick.
Agitated villagers blocked the principle highway at Jarimula Chhack demanding compensation to the members of the family of the sufferer. Bhitarkanika, an unlimited tract of forest and saltwater swamp is the house to round 1793 saltwater crocodiles as per this yr’s reptile census.
“A high population density means higher incidents of conflict with humans. Many crocodiles venture out, particularly during rains and nesting season,” stated a former wildlife scientist on the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, BC Chaudhury. Entry into the forest was restricted from May 1 to July 31, which is the mating and breeding season of crocodiles within the forest and its water our bodies. During this era, feminine crocodiles flip extra violent.
The forest division has erected barricades at 80 river ghats round Bhitarkanika in Aul, Rajkanika and Pattamundai blocks to forestall crocodiles from attacking human beings, stated divisional forest officer (DFO) of Bhitarkanika National Park, Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav.
“We have also advised locals to take bath in the rivers within the barricades by organizing awareness camps in many crocodile–infested riverside villages,” he added. A compensation of Rs 6 lahks shall be paid to the members of the family of the sufferer after inquiry, added the forest officer.
KENDRAPARA: A forty five-year-old girl was killed by a crocodile on Wednesday morning whereas washing utensils in a pond at Hatigadi village beneath Chandibousamula Gram Panchayat round Bhitarkanika National Park within the district. This was the second deadly crocodile assault round Bhitarkanika inside per week, and the eighth within the final 13 months.
“The incident happened around 7.30 am when Sitarani Das was dragged away by a crocodile when she was washing utensils in a pond near a creek. Some locals raised an alarm and tried to save her but the reptile dragged her into the creek. After a few hours, fire brigade personnel and forest guards fished out her half-eaten body,” stated Sankar Das, a villager. The crocodile immediately manifested out of the knee-deep water and dragged in Sitarani, stated an eyewitness Sabita Mallick.
Agitated villagers blocked the principle highway at Jarimula Chhack demanding compensation to the members of the family of the sufferer. Bhitarkanika, an unlimited tract of forest and saltwater swamp is the house to round 1793 saltwater crocodiles as per this yr’s reptile census. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“A high population density means higher incidents of conflict with humans. Many crocodiles venture out, particularly during rains and nesting season,” stated a former wildlife scientist on the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, BC Chaudhury. Entry into the forest was restricted from May 1 to July 31, which is the mating and breeding season of crocodiles within the forest and its water our bodies. During this era, feminine crocodiles flip extra violent.
The forest division has erected barricades at 80 river ghats round Bhitarkanika in Aul, Rajkanika and Pattamundai blocks to forestall crocodiles from attacking human beings, stated divisional forest officer (DFO) of Bhitarkanika National Park, Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav.
“We have also advised locals to take bath in the rivers within the barricades by organizing awareness camps in many crocodile–infested riverside villages,” he added. A compensation of Rs 6 lahks shall be paid to the members of the family of the sufferer after inquiry, added the forest officer.
