{"id":111993,"date":"2021-06-12T17:37:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=111993"},"modified":"2021-06-12T19:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T13:59:33","slug":"gharials-conservation-odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gharials-conservation-odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gharials Conservation&#8221; &#8211; Odisha Forest department Announces Cash Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mahanadi Wildlife Division in Odisha has announced a cash reward of Rs 1,000 for rescuing Gharials and informing wildlife personnel. The division will also provide compensation to fishermen whose fishing nets are destroyed by gharials.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Gharials:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gharials <\/strong>are one of the longest of all living crocodilians. They derive their name from ghara, an Indian word for pot. It is named so because of a bulbous knob (narial excrescence) present at the end of their snout.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features: <\/strong>Gharial <em>(Gavialis gangeticus)<\/em> is a fish-eating crocodile. It is also the only living crocodilian with visible sexual dimorphism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indicator Species: <\/strong>They are also a crucial indicator of clean river water.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Gharials were once abundant in the main rivers and tributaries of the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mahanadi-Brahmani river systems.<\/li>\n<li>But they are now limited to only 14 widely spaced and restricted localities of India and Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>In India, Gharials are present in Son River, Girwa River, the Ganges, Mahanadi River, and the Chambal River.<\/li>\n<li>The Satkosia gorge in the Mahanadi is the southernmost limit of gharials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protected areas: <\/strong>National Chambal Sanctuary and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972: <\/strong>Schedule I<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES: <\/strong>Appendix I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat: <\/strong>Construction of Dam, barrages, and water abstraction, entanglement in fishing nets, River bed cultivation, and sand mining.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Initiatives: <\/strong>Indian government launched Project Crocodile with UNDP and FAO in 1975. It included an intensive captive rearing and breeding programme intended to revive the dwindling gharial population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Crocodiles in India:<\/strong> India has three species of Crocodiles, namely:<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Gharials (<strong>Gharials are genetically weaker than salt water crocodiles and muggers<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mugger crocodile <strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>Saltwater crocodile <strong>IUCN Status<\/strong>: Least Concern.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><strong>Crocodiles in Odisha:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Odisha <\/strong>is the only state in India having all three species of crocodiles (gharial, mugger and saltwater crocodiles).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Odisha State Forest Department <\/strong>has begun conservation of these three crocodile species since 1975 by establishing three rearing centres\n<ul>\n<li>Tikarpada for gharials in Angul district,<\/li>\n<li>Ramatirtha for muggers in Mayurbhanj, and<\/li>\n<li>Bhitarkanika for saltwater crocodiles in Kendrapara district.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward-for-rescuing-gharials-77386\"><strong>Down To Earth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Mahanadi Wildlife Division in Odisha has announced a cash reward of Rs 1,000 for rescuing Gharials and informing wildlife personnel. The division will also provide compensation to fishermen whose fishing nets are destroyed by gharials. About Gharials: Gharials are one of the longest of all living crocodilians. 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