nThough late but the State Forest Department is all set to instal buoys to demarcate the boundaries of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary.
According to DFO of Rajnagar Mangrove Forest and Wildlife Bikash Ranjan Dash, plans are afoot to instal 15 floating buoys at selected points at the sea through GPS tracking. The buoys made of with iron and plastics are going to be set up in floating condition at the boundaries of Gahirmatha. The diameter of each buoy will be 2.6 metre whereas its weight would be about 3.5 ton and its depth would be 15 to 30 metres. A red colour solar lamp is going to be fitted on the buoys, so that the trawlers would operate outside the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary during night hour and also to avoid accident of fishing vessels on installed buoys, stated Dash.
Meanwhile, five buoys have already reached at Paradip port area ,whereas other 10 buoys woud reach very shortly .The demarcation work of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary and installation of buoys are going to be started before the end of November, stated forest official sources.