Tag: Sunderbans

Drowning of barges in the Hooghly,threatens ecology of Sunderbans.

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12 May 2020 Introduction: In early April, two barges carrying flyash from thermal power plants in West Bengal to Bangladesh  capsized on the Hoogly river in West Bengal .The increasing incident of accidents involving barges carrying flyash is a cause of concern specially  because the transport takes place through the Sundarbans . The areas involve […]

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Royal Bengal Tigers in Sunderbans increase to from 88 to 96.

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7 May2020. Introduction: The number of tigers in the Sunderbans reserve forest in West Bengal has increased to 96 from the previous estimate of 88, according to an official report dated the 6th May 2020. The latest census, shows the  number of tigers in the Sunderbans reserve forest in West Bengal has increased to 96.The […]

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