.An overall of 24 crocodiles were rescued from residential areas in Gujarat's Vadodara among quite heavy storms between August 27 and 29, which led to the water level in the Vishwamitri river that streams via the urban area climbing, a forest team official claimed on Sunday.The waterway is home to 440 crocodiles, a lot of which move into residential areas throughout flooding dued to water release coming from the Ajwa dam, Vadodara Variation Rainforest Police officer Karansinh Rajput stated. "Other than 24 crocodiles, our team additionally rescued 75 various other creatures, consisting of snakes, cobras, 5 sizable tortoises examining virtually 40 kilograms and also a porcupine in the course of these three times. There are actually several residential areas close to Vishwamitri stream," he mentioned. "The smallest crocodile our team saved was actually pair of feets long, while the largest was 14 feet long, which was actually found out Thursday coming from Kamnath Nagar positioned along the waterway. Nearby residents alarmed us about this huge crocodile. Pair of other crocodiles, 11 shoes long, were actually additionally rescued on Thursday coming from EME Circle and also an available region near the Zoology Division of MS College," Rajput informed.However, no accident of crocodile-human disagreement was documented in the course of in today times, when the area as well as very most aspect of the condition saw hefty storms, he added. "Usually, crocodiles do certainly not strike people. In the river, they make it through on fish and also animal bodies. They might also kill and also consume pets, swines or even any other little pet. A video clip of one such conflict went virus-like recently," the RFO claimed. Considering that the water level of Vishwamitri river has actually gone down dramatically, the rescued crocodiles and other reptiles will be actually launched in it, he said.