Chambal Dolphin count underway in Three states
Bharatpur/Dholpur, Oct. 21 -- A survey on Dolphins continued in Chambal river in Dholpur on Tuesday by forest departments teams of three states, along with the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, officials said.
The survey which was earlier conducted in February this year had recorded 155 dolphins in Dholpur's Chambal river.
A team of 15 members from forest departments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and WII in Dehradun are in Dholpur for the survey. Before starting the survey three days ago, a one-day special training was given at Deori Gharial centre. The teams are surveying across zones to last point of Chambal river in UP's Etawah.
District forest officer of Dholpur, V Chetan Kumar said, "155 river Dolphins were recorded in the starting of the year in the 435-kilometer protected stretch of the Chambal river."...
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