KENDRAPARA: The Bhitarkanika forest department has imposed a two-and-half-month ban from May 15 to July 31 on entry of tourists and visitors to Bhitarkanika National Park during the mating and nesting season of salt-water crocodiles.
The forest department will also renovate five ponds at the Crocodile Breeding Centre at Dangamala within the park, said Prasanna Kumar Behera, DFO of the park.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ban-tourists-help-crocodiles
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/reptiles
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crocodiles
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-tourism
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
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