Jaipur: Otter layered smoothly playing with polythene in the National Sanctuary Chambal has highlighted how plastic waste devoured the life of wild animals in the water channel.
The animals, who had previously become extinct in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, faced a serious threat to Chambal for disposing of waste by humans to their freshwater habitat.
Chambal has seen a healthy beaver population in a stretch of 25 km from the river between Jawahar Sagar Dam and the city of Barrage.
However, environmental lovers, however, claim the beaver population is under threat due to the impact of the human population and the flow of harmful chemicals and plastic to the river.
Beavers live in a group of male families, a woman and children.
Banwari Yaduvanshi, nature lovers and boat operators who click on the photos said, “Between the 27 km of Barrage City and Jawahar Sagar Hilir, there are 3-4 families.
However, currently only one family has five adults and two children Can be recorded.
One male from this family also died two months ago.
The conservation plan to save endangered species must be withdrawn.
“Otter acts as a strong biological indicator of the health of the river and wetlands and the decline in population is a sign of degraded habitat.
Forest staff say fish species on the river have been affected because of pollution, impact on beavers that depend on fish for their food.
“After finding that the beaver population declined rapidly, in 2014 the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) reviewed his status and registered it in a vulnerable ‘red list’ water is very polluted and plastic waste to the chambal river.
It must be stopped immediately to save these creatures.
“Experts claim because many domestic and international tourists come to Chambal for beaver sightings, the forestry department must immediately implement a wildlife conservation scheme sea ​​to save habitat.
“In addition to India, Beavers found in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.
It also occupies the river in North and South-West China, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan.
Rajasthan provides rare sightings and forests must utilize the facts,” said a forest official.