Antara Ganges Voyager takes you, in style, to places where the roads don't go. To quaint villages, swaying rice paddies, mesmerising mangroves and languid backwaters, the cruise compels you to the slow down and enjoy nature one wave at a time.
India is home to 3 percent of the total mangrove cover in South Asia. On International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem (July 26), we look at why we simply can't lose this dynamic ecosystem.
Mangrove forests cover just 0.1% of the earth’s surface but they are essential for the survival of the planet.
The video has since gone viral with many Twitter users equating the tiger's massive leap from the boat into the sea with a scene from the 2012 movie 'Life of Pi'.
With livelihood lost and homes washed away, observers of the Sundarbans region feel the ecologically-fragile region, which has been under stress due to rising sea levels, would witness a migration surge in the months to come.
Chief Wildlife Warden Ravi Kant Sinha said a control room has been set up at Gosaba area in the district by the forest department to monitor the situation in the mangrove jungles 24x7.
According to a report in the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Indian subcontinent may lost 14,000 square km of land with a rise of one metre of sea level due to climate change.
Sundarbans, where Cyclone Aila had wreaked havoc in May 2009, needs extensive construction of permanent embankments for which land would be acquired at market rates, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.