Bhitarkanika National Park To Be Closed From Tomorrow For Tourists
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Kendrapara: The world-famous Bhitarkanika National Park is scheduled to be closed to vacationers from tomorrow.
The park will stay closed to vacationers for a interval of 10 days.
The enumerators can be assisted by skilled forest staffs and can cowl the Bhitarkanika river system apart from creeks and inlets.
“The day-and-night census will be monitored by technical experts, deputed from Wildlife Headquarters. The total number of crocodiles in the park was 1742 in the last census,” mentioned a forest official.
Forest Department officer Vikas Ranjan Das mentioned crocodiles could be counted in 4 ranges within the Rajnagar forest.
