LUCKNOW, May 28 -- Four female dolphins and two (of their) calves were rescued from Achilikheda Barrage, in Mohanlalganj forest range, where they had got trapped, on Wednesday.

As the irrigation department had lowered the water level in the barrage for maintenance work, the aquatic mammals got trapped and had to bear with the rising temperature in water during the day. Teams of the forest department along with volunteers of Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation reached the Achilikheda Barrage.

"They were released in the Ghagra river," said Sitanshu Pandey, divisional forest officer (Awadh Range), after the release was completed.

The rescue was done in five-phases. In the first phase a female dolphin was brought out and in the second phas...