[Leica] Chambal Area

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Howard C,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:38 AM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

>
> Hi Jayanand,
> What big nasty fellows!! But I really like the photos!!
> Howard
>
>
> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:04:14 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com <mailto:jayanand at gmail.com>>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>,
> PSM
>         <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com <mailto:psm-1857 at googlegroups.com>>
> Subject: [Leica] Chambal Area
>
>
> Before I went to Ranthambhore last month, I visited the Chambal River area
> for the first time. Chambal, save for the last 30kms before it flows into
> the Yamuna (which carries enough pollution from Delhi and Agra to kill all
> humankind) is said to be the most pristine river system in India.
>
> This is the last redoubt of the fish eating crocodilian, the Gharial, for
> which the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary has been set up, on a
> stretch of river bordering three large states. Once common in the riverine
> systems of North India, it is now estimated that only 300-800 remain in the
> wild, thanks to the usual pollution, over fishing and entanglement in
> fishing nets. They are among the largest crocodilians, males have been
> known to reach 20 feet. On this stretch where both the Gharial and Mugger
> Crocodiles are found, the Gharials did look much more massive to my eyes:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3822.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3822.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3767.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3767.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3570.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3570.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3868.jpg.html
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Chambal/ChamBharat-20190311-3868.jpg.html
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>