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Project Crocodile | UPSC Prelims 2021

 

  • Project Crocodile was started in 1975 with the aid of the United Nations Development Programme and fao. Stretches of the Mahanadi, Ganga, Girwa and other rivers inhabited by gharials were declared protected areas.
  • The project included an intensive captive breeding and rearing programme to create a large crocodile population that would be ultimately translocated to these protected areas.
  • Sixteen crocodile rehabilitation centres and five crocodile sanctuaries — National Chambal Sanctuary (ncs), Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (kws), Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary, Son Gharial Sanctuary and Ken Gharial Sanctuary — were established between 1975 and 1982.

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