NTPC and AP Forest Dept join hands to save sea turtles

Hyderabad. NTPC Ltd and Andhra Pradesh Forest Department have come together for conservation of the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles along the sea coasts of nine districts of the State 

from extinction under its Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable development initiative.

 

PK Bondriya, Group General Manger, NTPC Simhadri, and SBL Misra, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Government of AP signed the MoU at Arnaya Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday.   Mapping breeding sites

 

Under the initiative, NTPC is contributing ?4.6 crore for this five-year conservation project including inventory mapping of breeding sites of sea turtles, identification of nesting and breeding habitats along the shore line, and their migratory routes, development of guidelines to safeguard and minimise turtle mortality, development of local and national cooperative and collaborative action for sea turtle conservation. BUsiness Line