Two pythons rescued in Odisha's Berhampur

Two giant pythons were rescued from inside JCB at Palligumula village of Berhampur district of Odisha on Sunday. They were found during the beautification work at a reservoir site inside a huge pipe.

One 7-feet-long-python was rescued quickly, while the 11-feet-long took refuge inside JCB. After a 4-hour-long rescue operation, both the pythons were released into the wildlife, officials said.

"A team of snake rescuer received a call around 9 pm on Sunday and reached the spot around 9.30 pm. They rescued one python which was on the top of the JCB machine easily. But another snake which was 11-feet long was inside the machine. It took over four hours to rescue it," said Swadhin Kumar Sahu, a snake rescuer.

( With inputs from ANI )