Vadodara, a town in the Indian state of Gujarat, is infested with enormous crocodiles due to a local river overflowing after record flooding of a local river.
The Vishwamitri tiver runs 17 kilometres through the Indian city, and residents lining its banks have grown accustomed to crocodiles entering the streets throughout the monsoon season (the season of heavy rain, the wind that brings rain, or the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries).
However, this year, an abnormally large number of the crocodiles had infested the city and had to be removed from residential areas.
According to India Today, many crocodiles, some up to 4.572 metres long, have been spotted across the city, including on roads, in parks, outside residences, and even on a university campus.
The Times of India also showed the locals trying to wrangle the huge reptiles.
Another of the creatures was discovered on the roof of a flooded house.
Authorities said that they had captured at least 10 crocodiles over a period of five days, with two already released and the remaining set to be released once the river’s water level receded.
“The smallest crocodile we rescued was 0.60 metres long, while the largest was 4.572 metres, which was caught from Kamnath Nagar situated along the river. Local residents alerted us about this huge crocodile,” Vadodara Range Forest Officer Karansinh Rajput said.
“Two other crocodiles, 3.3528 metres long, were also rescued on Thursday from EME Circle and an open area near the Zoology Department of MS University.”
IOL