Visakhapatnam: The two-day Olive Ridley Festival ended on Sunday at Baruva Beach in Srikakulam district, marking the release of turtles hatching into the sea.
On Saturday’s first day of the festival, 1,500 hatcheries have been released. Authorities released 80 sea turtles on Sunday.
Regional Forest Official S. Venkatesh hopes more and more people will attend the festival. He noted that the olive Ridley turtle sprinkled 80-120 eggs on the shore and then returned to the sea.
“We work with Tree Foundation to operate 13 conservation centers on beaches throughout the region. Volunteers monitor the beach every day and identify nesting sites by tracking the turtle’s footprint. Eggs are carefully collected and transferred to protected conservation centers to those hatched after 45-50 days, and then release the hatchery into the morning morning after 45-50 days. Then at 5:15 am Am eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and eund and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and
Addressing the correspondent on Sunday, K. Someswar Rao, the entire region, revealed that about 370,000 eggs have been collected this season. “We will continue to release the larvae to the sea until the first week of June,” he noted.
Someswar said their conservation efforts last year resulted in the successful release of 125,000 hatcheries.
The two-day festival also exhibits Paramotor Flying, organized by Vihanga Adventures in partnership with Andhra Pradesh’s Ministry of Tourism.
