
Turtle Festival
Turtle festival is arranged by Forest Department, Village Panchayat, Kasav Mitramandal. Please call at respective villages directly to know about the festival dates and other details.
- Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra (SNM) started Marine turtle conservation first time in Maharashtra.
- In the year 2002 SNM started actual protection work for Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Velas, a tiny village on northernmost boundary of district Ratnagiri. Within a short span of time, SNM spread the protection work to entire coast of Maharashtra state, that's about 720 km of coastline in all.
- 1st year, SNM undertook protection work in 1 village and successfully protected 50 nests.
- SNM with its limited resources is trying its level best to protect marine turtles and empower villagers.
Kindly contact the following home stay providers for more details
Name |
Contact No. (Velas STD Code: 02350) |
Mrs. Kavita Bagkar |
220682 |
Ms. Priyanka Bhole |
220689 |
Mr. Swapnil Dhareepkar |
220562 |
Mr. Prakash Joshi |
220570 |
Mr. Santosh Joshi |
220511 |
Mr. Abhijit Kulabkar |
220694 |
Mr. Sham Kulabkar |
220594 |
Mr. Siddhesh Kulabkar |
9325779768 / 9373583781 |
Mr. Omkar Nijasure |
220329 / 28 / 25 83083 60387 |
Mr. Milind Nijsure |
220629/9421188487 |
Mr. Sameer Padlekar |
7620694013 / 8669469980 / 888517268 |
Mr. Mandar Palshetkar |
220674 |
Ms. Namrata Palshetkar |
9579891025 / 8655891918 |
Mr. Nandkishor Patil |
220561 |
Mr. Surendra Patil |
220351/9225144816
|
Mr. Subodh Saldurkar |
8975633185/7743830532 |
Mr. Amol soman |
220279/9403574183 |
Mr. Ameya Srivardhankar |
8446789618 / 7498359368 |
Mr. Mohan Upadhye |
220304/8975622778/ 8983767388 |
Mr. Avinash Yadav |
220545 |
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