Reduction in Dragonfly population in selected districts of Indian state Chhattisgarh in ten years (July 1996- July 2006).

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Reduction in Dragonfly population in selected districts of Indian state Chhattisgarh in ten years (July 1996- July 2006).

District Rural areas Urban areas Remarks Raigarh 5 5 Reduction is very high in areas near to newly established industrial units especially near sponge iron units. Mosquito larval population is less susceptible to this pollution than Dragonfly larval population. Raipur 5 5 Urbanization and industrial pollution are main reasons. Durg 3 4 - Bastar 1 2 New big units may change this attractive looking rating. Dhamtari 1 2 - Bilaspur 2 3 - Rajnandgaon 3 3 -

Reduction in population 5- Extremely high 4- Very high 3- High 2- Slightly High 1- No significant reduction 0- Increase in population