Officials said that apart from safe and non-venomous snakes, like the Indian rat snake or enthusiast striped keelback, poisonous snakes, like Russell’s viper and cobra, are likewise being found in houses. The authorities on Friday rescued a cobra from the facilities of a gated neighborhood in New Town.
“Snake sightings cases are at the highest in the last 10 to 12 years. We are receiving around 25 calls of snake sightings on an average from across the city, with most cases coming from Rajarhat, New Town and adjacent areas,” said an wildlife animal rescue and transit center centre authorities.
With day-to-day sightings and regular cases of snake bite, the authorities are performing awareness programs in complexes in Rajarhat, notifying individuals about what to do if a snake is spotted and the dos and don’ts in case of a bite. One such workshop was performed at Uniworld City housing complex on Saturday.
“When bitten by a venomous snake, the person must start getting anti-venom serum treatment within four hours. They must be taken to a nearby healthcare facility at the earliest,” said an authorities.
Two snake-bite deaths took place in New Town in a space of 2 weeks this month, and a rural medical facility in Bhangar that is getting most snake-bite cases from Rajarhat has actually signed up 13 such cases in the last 2 months.
In Salt Lake, there have actually been a variety of sightings this monsoon, and an AA Block homeowner was bitten at his doorstep a month back. The Bidhhannagar Municipal Corporation is now trimming weeds and yard in the parks and green brinks. “A snake was recently spotted near the playground. We are urging the civic authorities to keep the parks and playgrounds clean,” said a citizen of AE Block.
“Snakes have been spotted in our block and a resident was bitten. The civic body and forest department took pro-mpt action. We have been conducting awareness drives in the block as well. We immediately alert the local ward office whenever a snake is spotted,” said AA Block committee secretary Partha Chakraborty.
