India, Jan. 27 -- The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided to temporarily relocate 150 crocodiles to safer locations. This is being done to minimise harm to the animals of the Vishwamitri river which have been apparently been affected due to recent efforts to dredge the river, according to media reports.

The dredging is being done to prevent floods. Vadodara, Gujarat's third-largest city, was hit by severe floods on August 26 last year. The Vishwamitri burst its banks and many areas were waterlogged till the water began to recede around August 29.

The river, passing through the middle of a city of 3 million people, is home to at least 300 mugger or marsh crocodiles and is usually held up as an example of human-wildlife co-ex...