Over 2000 croc babies born in Bhitarkanika this season

"Over 2000 croc hatchlings broke out of eggshells to make their way into water-bodies and water-inlets of Bhitarkanika National Park. Fifty-one croc nests had been sighted in the wild this year by enumerators," said Manoj Kumar Mahapatra, Divisional Forest Officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (Wildlife) Forest Division.