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Over 90,000 Olive Ridleys Nest at Rushikulya in 2 Days
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|February 19, 2025
NEARLY 90,000 Olive Ridley turtles have laid eggs at the Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district in the last two days with 79,000 turtles nesting on Monday.
The mass nesting along the 4 km long stretch of the rookery is likely to continue till the end of the month and it would surpass previous years, hoped Sunny Khokkar, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Berhampur.
This story is from the February 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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