Belapur: Crocodile spotted near Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation office
ByVijay SinghVijay Singh / Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 17:20 IST
(This story was first published in the Times of India on February 17, 2021)
Navi Mumbai: An adult crocodile has been seen in the marshy pond area behind the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) head-office building in
Belapur for the last two days.
A short video clip of the crocodile was taken by a local fisherman has gone viral.
The local fishermen have also urged the forest authorities to take the crocodile away as it poses a danger to anyone who goes to the marshy site.
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KK Choudhury. TOI
NAVI MUMBAI: An adult crocodile has been seen in the marshy pond area behind the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) head-office building in Belapur for the last two days.
A short video clip of the crocodile was taken by a local fisherman has gone viral.
The local fishermen have also urged the forest authorities to take the crocodile away as it poses a danger to anyone who goes to the marshy site. The visual proof has been sent to the forest officials so that the crocodile can be removed from here, said local fisherman Nagesh Patil, a resident of Belapur village.