{"id":11899,"date":"2025-06-22T05:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T05:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=11899"},"modified":"2025-06-22T05:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T05:56:36","slug":"first-phase-of-turtle-study-completed-at-kalyan-sagar-lake-matabari-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/06\/22\/first-phase-of-turtle-study-completed-at-kalyan-sagar-lake-matabari-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"First Phase of Turtle Study Completed at Kalyan Sagar Lake, Matabari Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Tripura, 22 June, 2025<\/strong>: Kalyan Sagar Lake, located beside the iconic Matabari Temple in Tripura, has successfully completed the first phase of its first-ever scientific turtle study. The initiative is being conducted with the technical expertise of the Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation (TSAF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-1024x749.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11897\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-1024x749.avif 1024w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-300x219.avif 300w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-768x561.avif 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-1536x1123.avif 1536w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-860x629.avif 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-760x556.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1-150x110.avif 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9834-1.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">During the first phase, specially designed hoop traps were deployed to safely capture the turtles. Once captured, each turtle underwent tagging through toe clipping, followed by detailed assessments of morphometry, weight, length, overall health, and other biological parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-1024x768.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11898\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-1024x768.avif 1024w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-300x225.avif 300w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-1536x1152.avif 1536w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-860x645.avif 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-760x570.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1-150x113.avif 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9833-1.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">This study is aimed at determining the exact population size of turtles in the lake, their health status, breeding behaviors, and other key scientific indicators. It marks a significant step toward better conservation and understanding of the turtle species residing in Kalyan Sagar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-768x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11896\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-768x1024.avif 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-225x300.avif 225w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-1152x1536.avif 1152w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-860x1147.avif 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-760x1013.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-640x853.avif 640w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1-150x200.avif 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_9835-1.avif 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The second phase of the study is scheduled to begin after the monsoon season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Special thanks have been extended to Dr. Arunima Singh and Dr. Sushmita Kar of TSAF for their dedicated efforts and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The District Magistrate of Gomati district Tarit Kanti Chakma also expressed gratitude to the Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation for providing the necessary technical assistance in undertaking this pioneering research initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tripura, 22 June, 2025: Kalyan Sagar Lake, located beside the iconic Matabari Temple in Tripura, has successfully completed the first phase of its first-ever scientific turtle study. The initiative is being conducted with the technical expertise of the Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation (TSAF). During the first phase, specially designed hoop traps were deployed to safely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":11901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[968,2056],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-11899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura","8":"tag-matabari","9":"tag-turtle-study"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11900,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11899\/revisions\/11900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11899"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}