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Nature versus Development: Orissa may lose its turtle nesting sites for ports

Famous world wide for having three mass breeding habitats for Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys Olivacea) sea turtles, Odisha may have to lose these turtle nesting sites on its coast line. Planning of a series of ports in the name of development by the government of Odisha, just to make use of the 480 KM long coast as a primary resource, would badly affect the coastal ecosystem and would, also, force the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles to abandon the sites for annual mating and nesting activities.

As per reports, population of adult turtles visiting the coasts for nesting is in decrease because of death of adult turtles during every breeding season. In an average, more than six thousand turtles die every year along Odisha coasts when non-government sources claim the toll to be at least one lakh over the last decade.

When safety of these marine turtles is something to be looked at very seriously, Odisha Government’s plan for about thirteen new ports along the coast line would endanger the species further as thirteen new ports are planned over sites at a close proximity to the turtle mass nesting beaches.

The largest among all new ports planned in Orissa is the Port on the Dhamra river Mouth that has gone operative recently. Developed jointly two of India's largest corporate houses such as, TATA and L&T, Dhamra port is located at an aerial distance of about 15 KM from Gahirmatha, the largest rookery of sea turtles.

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Even though the Forest and environment department gave the clearance saying that the port is not going to deter the turtles from nesting at their usual site, the river mouth that is to be used by the port as the main channel happens to be the route for turtle movement to and from Gahirmatha.

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