As many as 100 saltwater crocodiles have been released in the Sundarbans marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The saltwater crocodiles were released on Wednesday in various rivers and canals in four ranges of the Sundarbans.
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Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Begum Habibun Nahar inaugurated the program by releasing crocodiles in the canal adjacent to the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Center in the Sundarbans.
Muhammad Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarbans East Division, the released saltwater crocodiles were born at different times in the Karamjal Crocodile breeding center in the Sundarbans.
The Forest Department established the Crocodile Breeding Center at Karamjal in the Sundarbans in 2000 for the purpose of breeding and conservation of almost extinct saltwater crocodiles in the country with two crocodiles named Romeo and Juliet.
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Earlier, more than a hundred crocodiles born in breeding centers at different times were released in the Sundarbans. At present, there are 94 crocodiles of different ages in the breeding center, according to the forest department.
Chief Conservator of Forests Amir Hossain Chowdhury and Conservator of Forests of Khulna Region Mihir Kumar Do were present among others at the event.