Blackbuck population up in Odisha

Forest department officials said most number of blackbucks were sighted in Balipadara-Bhetanai area, comprising around 70 villages. In Buguda forest range their number was counted at 1,239 followed by Aska (1,023), Khallikote (1,019), Polasara (356), Jagannath Prasad (168) and Berhampur (1).