Chilika Development News Today

Expelled BJD MLA Prasanta Kumar Jagadev, who rammed an SUV into a largely BJP crowd, joined the saffron party after spending more than 4 months in jai

According to the bird census held recently, the number of migratory birds coming to Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon Chilika Lake and Bhitarkanika National Park has increased compared to last year

The increasing incidences of human attacks on fishing cats in West Bengal, often resulting in the deaths of the animals, has become a major cause of concern for the state forest department.The department officials admit that a lack of awareness ...

Dolphin boom in Odisha’s Chilika lake Updated: Updated: Activists elated at jump in number of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins. Share Article Activists elated at jump in number of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins. The population of dolphins in Chilika, India’s largest brackish water lake, and along the Odisha coast has doubled this year compared with last year. The wildlife wing of the State Forest and Environment Department released the final data on the dolphin census conducted in January and ...

Nearly 12,42,000 individuals of 105 water bird species and 26,405 individuals of 76 wetland dependent species were counted in the entire lagoon on January 5