Gangetic dolphin population in the upper Gangetic basin shows a steady rise, with a 27% increase in four years. The population has grown from 41 in 2020 to 52, with 47 adults and 5 calves. Forest officials and WWF-India teams conducted a joint survey between September 8 and 12, 2023, and the population was found to be increasing. The rise …
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers undertook a major project at the famous Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water body of Asia and the first Ramsar site of India, to help in tripling the population of the Irrawaddy dolphins. It also showed the Chilika lake mouth located originally near Sipakuda in 1800 has gradually shifted in the last 200 years …
