KALYAN: A month after over 100 Indian softshell turtles were found dead in a lake in Kalyan, a laboratory report suggests that different bacteria in body parts of the turtles led to their deaths, and also suggests that water in the lake was polluted.
The turtles were found dead in Gauripada lake on January 24. The water body was beautified by KDMC two years ago. A forest team had sent the carcasses to the Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Indian Veterinary Research Institute for laboratory examination conducted several tests and found bacteria led to the deaths.
