In order to make way for the seaplane service planned to promote tourism at the recently inaugurated Statue of Unity, the Gujarat Forest Departments have started evacuating crocodiles from the two ponds on Sardar Sarvar Dam premise located on the river Narmada.
In an exclusive report, the Indian Express said that until last Tuesday, 15 out of roughly 500 crocodiles had been evacuated. The crocodiles in the two ponds fall under schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act which protects that most endangered species of the animals.
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