100 crocodiles released in Sundarbans marking Bangabandhu's birth centenary

As many as 100 saltwater crocodiles have been released in the Sundarbans marking the birth centenary of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB.

The saltwater crocodiles were released on Wednesday in various rivers and canals in four ranges of the Sundarbans.

Deputy minister for the ministry of environment, forest and climate change Begum Habibun Nahar inaugurated the programme by releasing crocodiles in the canal adjacent to the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Sundarbans.

Muhammad Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarbans East Division, said the released saltwater crocodiles were born at different times in the Karamjal Crocodile breeding centre in the Sundarbans.

The Forest Department established the Crocodile Breeding Centre at Karamjal in the Sundarbans in 2000 for the purpose of breeding and conservation of almost extinct saltwater crocodiles in the country with two crocodiles named Romeo and Juliet.

Earlier, more than a hundred crocodiles born in breeding centers at different times were released in the Sundarbans. At present, there are 94 crocodiles of different ages in the breeding centre, according to the forest department.

Chief Conservator of Forests Amir Hossain Chowdhury and Conservator of Forests of Khulna Region Mihir Kumar Do were present among others at the event.