Turtle conservation activists feel that Goa's model of conserving turtle habitats and turning the sites into tourist spots can be replicated elsewhere to make it a viable ecological and economical activity.
BHUBANESWA Much to th delight of nature lovers, millions of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles have started emerging from the tranquil nesting ground at Gahirmatha in Orissa's Kendrapara district.
This marks the culmination of annual rendezvous of the marine species along the tranquil and serene Gahirmatha off Orissa
BERHAMPUR: Fears of an eco-disaster loomed large after around 20 carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles were found at different places from Purunabandha to Prayagi on the stretch of Gopalpur beach on Friday. While environmentalists attributed the turtle deaths to oil spill, a senior Forest official dismissed the claim.
BERHAMPUR: Carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles were sighted floating near the Rushikulya rookery on the Orissa coast after an oil spill from a ship near the Gopalpur port.
Environmental activists suspect this to be the impact of the spill. Some 25 carcasses were reported to be floating between Prayagi and Arjipalli since Thursday. Most were two to three days old.
Three days after an oil spill from the Essar-owned coking coal-laden vessel MV Malavika near Gopalpur port of Orissa, leading environmental NGO Greenpeace claimed the Olive Ridley turtle nesting site might still be under threat.
BERHAMPUR/PARADIP: With the operation to remove the spilled oil in full swing at Gopalpur, the apprehension of an environmental disaster has been minimised to a great extent.
The Gopalpur Port authorities on Wednes- day engaged 200 local peo- ple to clean the oil-silts from the local beach that was inundated by a thick layer of petroleum fuel leaking out of a cargo ship docked in the port.
A huge thick layer of oil washed up at the mouth of the Rushikulya river on the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning, endangering the local marine flora and fauna and particularly Orissa's famed Olive Ridley sea turtles.
Hyderabad, April 12: When state-owned Power Generation Corporation (Genco) proposed setting up a thermal project in the backward Srikakulam district, it was hoped that the region would benefit. But the environment ministry has objected to the situation of the proposed plant on a lagoon, and Genco had no choice but to drop the plan.
KENDRAPARA: It is six in the morning yet there is no trace of fishermen at the main fishing harbour in village Kharinashi in coastal Kendrapara.
Instead they are seen fishing in nearby rivers and creeks. Reason: the authorities have imposed fishing ban from November 1 to May 31 in the Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary covering 20 km off the coast to protect endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles.
