From the archive record
Tens of thousands of rare Olive Ridley Turtles are born along Odisha coast, swim out to sea to start life Olive Ridley Turtle returns to the Bay of Bengal, as tourists disturb it on Rushikulya Beach in Odisha These are the hallowed waters were hundreds of thousands of Olive Ridley Turtles have just laid their eggs in the sands. Se the multiple turtle flipper and foot prints and the holes dug into the sands. All the way from the coastline of South America, these turtles swim across the world to nest along these pristine sands in Orissa, in the hope of keeping their kind going in the world. Those marks in the sand are not jeep tracks but hallowed turtle fin markings, as a few stragglers still remain on the beach to lay their eggs and head back into the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal. Rushi