A 25-feet-long and 12-feet-wide carcass of a whale was found at the Nandanandi Jangyadanda beach near Sanapatna village under the Satapada Forest Range in Puri district on Thursday.
Initially, fishermen spotted the carcass lying on the beach in the morning and informed villagers and Forest Department officials about the matter.
After receiving information, a six-member team of forest officials led by Satapada Ranger Manas Ranjan Mohapatra visited the spot. Mohapatra said the whale is believed to be around four to five tonnes and its postmortem would be carried out on Friday.
In the last few years, carcasses of as many as 10 whales were recovered from the beach under Krushnaprasad block in the district.
