Twenty turtles found dead in a pond in Agra

AGRA: Twenty flap shelled turtles were found dead in a small pond in Agra. The incident took place in highly densely populated village of Pura Kanera village in Basauni of Bah area.

Speaking to TOI, forest ranger KM Sudhir said, “We have sent the corpse of turtles to Bareilly for post mortem, though it seems due to excessive garbage dumping and lack of fresh water in pond is reason for death of reptiles.”

An autopsy will be conducted to know the reason for the deaths.


After the incident, forest department appealed local villagers to completely avoid throwing garbage in pond. Officer Sudhir said, “We are preparing a plan to pump in fresh water in the pond, meanwhile with the help of villagers we have managed to remove several tonnes of garbage from pond.”

As per forest department sources, “In the village we found, that majority of drains were diverted towards pond, even the harmful toxicants such as pesticides leftover sacks were found in the pond.”