It took the rescue team more than an hour to drain out the waiter from the purification plant

MUMBAI: A crocodile, about 3 feet long was stuck in the waterbed of the municipality's water purification plant at Bhandup was rescued on Friday afternoon. The crocodile was caught on the waterbed of the plant.In all likelihood, it found its way from the water inlets that connect from Vihar lake which supplies water to the city. It is here that the water from the lake, mixed with gravel and stones, gushes into the purification plant and undergoes the filtration process before it is supplied to different households across the city."The crocodile was stranded there for a while. Possibly it could not find its way back," said Pawan Sharma , president of Resqink Association For Wildlife Welfare, who was part of the rescue operation.He said it took the rescue team more than an hour to drain out the waiter from the purification plant. "After that, it took us barely 15 minutes to bring the crocodile out," he told TOI.The forest authorities were informed, he said and the crocodile was in the process of being taken to Dr Rina Dev 's clinic in Bandra for a medical examination at the time of filing this report.