INTRODUCTION
<p>Down the decades, <em>Sanctuary </em>has tirelessly campaigned against ill-planned linear projects proposed in our Protected Areas. A vast majority of roadkills remain unrecorded across India’s network of roads and railways. The death toll from the last decade includes at least 16 tigers and 150 elephants. Insisting on the vitality of sensitive infrastructure planning, <em>Sanctuary </em>presents a photo story of roadkills submitted by photographers from all over the country, as entries to the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Lissemys punctata</em></p>
<p>This small freshwater turtle cleans its own aquatic ecosystem by feeding on fragments of dead animals. Not far from the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat last November, the photographer spotted a flapshell with a broken skull. A bus can be seen hurtling by in the evening in a blur.<br />
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<strong>Photo: </strong>Nilesh Shah</p>
