gahirmatha beach in the eastern state of Orissa, the world's largest rookery of the endangered Olive Ridley turtle, will soon lose this superlative. The turtles do not find the beach suitable for nesting any more and are changing to other places following continual disturbances due to human activities. This has already happened on the Mexican coast, which was earlier the largest rookery, but lost its marine diversity due to reckless developmental activities. Last year the beach missed its world famous visitors. The other famous rookeries of the turtle are the coasts of Honduras and Surinam.

On an average, three lakh female turtles visit Gahirmatha beach