Forest Department’s marketing campaign to combat man-crocodile conflicts in Odisha
3 min read
By Express News Service
KENDRAPARA: In a bid to mitigate human-crocodile battle in and round areas of Bhitarkanika nationwide park, the Forest Department has launched an consciousness marketing campaign within the riverside villages of the sanctuary from Thursday. The transfer was initiated after two individuals together with a minor have been killed in a crocodile assault inside every week.
Divisional forest officer (DFO) of Bhitarkanika nationwide park Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav stated two individuals – a 45-year-old girl from Hatigadi village and one other 10-year-old boy from Nimpur village have been killed in a crocodile assault within the final 10 days.
“We have intensified our campaign by distributing posters and pamphlets to riverside villagers and also plying vehicles in sensitive areas to warn locals not to venture into water bodies in and around Bhitarkanika as they are infested with a large number of estuarine crocodiles,” he added.
The Forest Department has additionally erected barricades close to 80 river ghats and ponds across the nationwide park in Aul, Rajkanika and Pattamundai blocks to stop the reptiles from attacking people. Villagers are being suggested to take baths throughout the barricaded areas for his or her security, the DFO knowledgeable.
Meanwhile, guests and vacationers have been restricted from thronging the nationwide park for 3 months from May 1 to July 31 in order to facilitate harmonious nesting and breeding of those crocodiles throughout this era.
Sources stated the reptiles are significantly extra violent throughout the nesting interval and therefore assault the villagers who go close to the water our bodies and creeks resulting in a rise in such man-crocodile conflicts.
ALSO READ | Woman killed in crocodile assault in Odisha, second in every week
“The Ministry of Forest and Environment had in 1991 directed the Forest department to stop crocodile rearing programmes since their population has already reached a saturation point. A high population density means higher incidents of conflicts with humans. Since this is their breeding season, many crocodiles venture out of the water bodies during monsoon and attack humans,” stated BC Chaudhury, a former scientist on the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
KENDRAPARA: In a bid to mitigate human-crocodile battle in and round areas of Bhitarkanika nationwide park, the Forest Department has launched an consciousness marketing campaign within the riverside villages of the sanctuary from Thursday. The transfer was initiated after two individuals together with a minor have been killed in a crocodile assault inside every week.
Divisional forest officer (DFO) of Bhitarkanika nationwide park Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav stated two individuals – a 45-year-old girl from Hatigadi village and one other 10-year-old boy from Nimpur village have been killed in a crocodile assault within the final 10 days.
“We have intensified our campaign by distributing posters and pamphlets to riverside villagers and also plying vehicles in sensitive areas to warn locals not to venture into water bodies in and around Bhitarkanika as they are infested with a large number of estuarine crocodiles,” he added.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The Forest Department has additionally erected barricades close to 80 river ghats and ponds across the nationwide park in Aul, Rajkanika and Pattamundai blocks to stop the reptiles from attacking people. Villagers are being suggested to take baths throughout the barricaded areas for his or her security, the DFO knowledgeable.
Meanwhile, guests and vacationers have been restricted from thronging the nationwide park for 3 months from May 1 to July 31 in order to facilitate harmonious nesting and breeding of those crocodiles throughout this era.
Sources stated the reptiles are significantly extra violent throughout the nesting interval and therefore assault the villagers who go close to the water our bodies and creeks resulting in a rise in such man-crocodile conflicts.
ALSO READ | Woman killed in crocodile assault in Odisha, second in every week
“The Ministry of Forest and Environment had in 1991 directed the Forest department to stop crocodile rearing programmes since their population has already reached a saturation point. A high population density means higher incidents of conflicts with humans. Since this is their breeding season, many crocodiles venture out of the water bodies during monsoon and attack humans,” stated BC Chaudhury, a former scientist on the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
