Sea turtle nesting site found at Kodi Beach, Karnataka

          

 Udupi, Karnataka: Local Fishermans have noticed a Sea Turtle nesting site near the lighthouse at Kodi Beach in Kundapur on Saturday. Following this, the Forest Department with the support of NGO’s and locals, are monitoring the place, and enclosures have been built at the spot.

Kundapur DCF Claimed that nesting has already begun, and it is expected to go on till the end of January. The forest department will be monitoring the nesting sites round the clock. The local fishing community and NGOs will be part of the conservation efforts like last year, he said.

 

"We are suspecting that there are around 80 to 100 eggs at the site. Last year, out of 11 hatcheries, around 250 hatchlings made it to the sea. The weather condition played spoilsport, and many eggs were destroyed. We hope this season we get to see more hatchlings getting back to the sea,” he said.

In a first-of-its-kind in-situ conservation campaign in the state taken up last year, the overall hatching rate was around 50-60% from about 11 nesting sites. Reasons for the poor hatching rate could be that the female that has laid the eggs was not fully mature, and all the eggs may not have been fully fertilized. In addition, due to high tide, the nests got wet, and a few eggs had a fungal infection. NGOs, including FSL India and Clean Kundapura Project have joined hands in the conservation efforts.

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The Story of How Reliance became the Worlds Largest Exporter of Mangoes

The Story of How Reliance became the Worlds Largest Exporter of Mangoes

What comes to your mind when you think about the Company RELIANCE?

Mukesh Ambani, Billions , Telecom Giant - Jio, Petroleum etc.. Right?

So What does Reliance have to do with Mangoes?

If you still Wondering and getting your mouth watered, then let's go back to 1997.

At that time, the Biggest mistake reliance was doing was the huge amount of population caused by it"s Jamnagar refinery.

Reliance received several notices from the Pollution Control Boards. Reliance Knew it would have to do something to solve this big Problem. So they started converting the wastelands of Jamnagar into Mango Orchards near the Refineries to reduce the population.

The Orchard was named as "Dirubhai Ambani Lakhibag Amrayee'

It is Asias best mango orchard with more than 1.3 Lakh plants. It Spreads over 600 Acres.

The Mangoes are produced in this orchard are tasty and juicy and are in excellent quality to be widely exported at a Global Level.

It Grows more than 120 Varieties of Mango in a 600-acre green Field at its Jamnagar refinery Complex. 

This is a Great Tale of Converting a threat to a Big Buisness Opportunity.

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