A 10-ft-long Burmese python trapped in a fishing net was rescued in the Chandanpur area of Puri district on Sunday.The giant snake had been trapped in the net laid by some locals in a nullah at Basudebpur village. Panic gripped the village after the locals spotted the python in the net.
The locals informed the Snake Helpline. An operation was initiated to rescue the snake stuck in the net in the watercourse. Later, the python was handed over to the Forest Department.
The python was believed to have floated in the floodwater from the Bhargavi river and got stuck in the net, locals said.
This was the third incident this year in the Chandanpur area, where two pythons had been rescued earlier.
Following the repeated incidences of python rescue, the Snake Helpline claimed that the population of pythons has increased at some localities near Chandanpur.
