Olive Ridley turtle found trapped in a fishing net
Surat: An Olive Ridley turtle found trapped in a fishing net was rescued by locals in Hazira with help of an environmental NGO Prayas Team Environment on Tuesday. The two-foot long turtle weighing 8kg was unhurt and later released into the sea.
Fishermen and staff of a corporate company noticed the turtle not moving on the coast and alerted PTE. “Our team went there with an ambulance and it was freed from the net. There was no injury mark and its movement was normal hence we released it in sea,” said Darshan Desai, a volunteer of PTE. Environment activists suspect that the turtle was stuck on shore for more than one day looking at the green algae on its back.
Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier
Yeh andar ki baat hai
An apt hoarding in Bhandup advertises the importance of staying indoors at present, unless absolutely necessary.
A grand victory
P Sainath is a journalist who has possibly championed the cause of rural India more than anyone else in the country, considering the ground-breaking work of the People’s Archive of Rural India, the platform that he started in 2014. His work has now earned him the Fukuoka Grand Prize, one of Japan’s top awards that honours Asian stalwarts from the fields of academics, art and culture. The citation for his award stated, “As Asia goes through turbulent changes, Mr Sainath has been seeking new ‘knowledge’ and promoting civil cooperation.” The last winner of the Grand Prize was AR Rahman. Our congratulations to Sainath.
Surat: On the occasion of World Environment Day on Saturday an attempt will be made to regain the green cover lost due to cyclone Tauktae in Diamond C.
Surat: Employees of the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Limzar village of Navsari were forced to daily travel over 80 kms to get two oxygen cylinders.
This PPE kit can be used multiple times after sanitizing
Surat: Amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic, a voluntary organization has started distributing PPE kits that can be worn multiple times by the frontline health workers, especially the 108 ambulance staff.
Prayas Team Environment (PTE), an NGO working for environment awareness, donated 3,000 PPE kits, 18,000 face shields and 1,500 face masks in April. Currently PTE is focusing on PPE kits for 108 ambulance staff. “108 service staff do get PPE kits and other protective gears, but we have designed and developed the protective gear that can be used multiple times after sanitizing. This will reduce the waste generation and improve its availability,” said Darshan Desai, volunteer of PTE.