KENDRAPADA: Around 40,000 riverside villagers within Bhitarkanika National Park below the Rajanagar meeting segment in Kendrapada district have reserved their votes for the birthday party that can promise them protection from salt-water crocodiles. The district will vote on April 29.
"We are in a catch-22 situation. We don't know whom to vote for in the polls as political parties have turned a blind to eye to our appeal for an end to the crocodile menace in the villages," mentioned Pradeep Das from Dangamala village within the park.
A complete of 22 villages located within the outer edge of the nationwide park were facing the problem for years. Around 50 to 60 other people were killed by way of the estuarine crocodiles in the final decade. Many were maimed. "Hundreds of cattle have also been killed. The park is home to around 1,700 ferocious reptiles," Pradeep mentioned.
Villagers of the riverside hamlets were spending sleepless nights as a result of the ever present risk of crocodiles. The villagers concern to step out in their homes at night.
Banamali Mohanty (57), a farmer of Bankarakua village, is the most recent sufferer of rising saltwater crocodile assaults in the riverside villages. His half-eaten body was once discovered in the river Baitarani on Friday.
Another sufferer, Sarat Mallick (35) of Sriampur village, was once killed in December 2018 whilst he was once taking a tub in the river. "I will not cast my vote in favour of any party as the leaders have failed to protect us from crocodiles," his father Jagannath Malick mentioned.
"We are in a catch-22 situation. We don't know whom to vote for in the polls as political parties have turned a blind to eye to our appeal for an end to the crocodile menace in the villages," mentioned Pradeep Das from Dangamala village within the park.
A complete of 22 villages located within the outer edge of the nationwide park were facing the problem for years. Around 50 to 60 other people were killed by way of the estuarine crocodiles in the final decade. Many were maimed. "Hundreds of cattle have also been killed. The park is home to around 1,700 ferocious reptiles," Pradeep mentioned.
Villagers of the riverside hamlets were spending sleepless nights as a result of the ever present risk of crocodiles. The villagers concern to step out in their homes at night.
Banamali Mohanty (57), a farmer of Bankarakua village, is the most recent sufferer of rising saltwater crocodile assaults in the riverside villages. His half-eaten body was once discovered in the river Baitarani on Friday.
Another sufferer, Sarat Mallick (35) of Sriampur village, was once killed in December 2018 whilst he was once taking a tub in the river. "I will not cast my vote in favour of any party as the leaders have failed to protect us from crocodiles," his father Jagannath Malick mentioned.
Bhitarkanika locals say they'll vote for party that protects them from crocs
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