What the first-ever comprehensive survey of India’s river dolphins revealed
The estimation survey was done by the Wildlife Institute of India under the Union Environment Ministry between 2021 and 2023.
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Indian dolphins thrive away from humans in Ganga
The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,324 dolphins in the Ganga, ...
Alarm as census finds just three Indus river dolphins left in India
Alarm as census finds just three Indus river dolphins left in India - Freshwater species is facing extinction in the country ...
First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in country; highest in UP
The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus river systems, according to a government report published ...
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First-Of-Its-Kind Survey Finds Over 6,300 Dolphins In Indian Rivers; Uttar Pradesh Boasts Highest Population, Followed By Bihar
The report indicates that Uttar Pradesh boasts the largest dolphin population at 2,397. Bihar comes in second with 2,220 ...
India has 6,327 river dolphins, finds first population survey
Conducted between 2021 and 2023, the survey covered 8,406 km long stretches of Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins, inclusive ...
MC defies NGT order, continues dumping in Binwa river
Despite explicit directions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HP PCB), Baijnath Municipal Council (MC) continues to dump garbage into the ...
Bengal has third-highest riverine dolphin count in India: Report released by Narendra Modi
Enumeration exercise estimated Bengal's Ganetic dolphin population at 815, it also estimated 108 Irrawaddy dolphins in the ...
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First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in India
Project Dolphin’ tallies up the population of related species of India's national aquatic animal across the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus river systems ...