A 21-year-old tribal lady was mauled to dying by a tiger whereas she was working in cotton fields in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday morning, officers mentioned.
The incident occurred at Gannaram village in Kagaznagar forest vary at round 7.30 am. The deceased was recognized as Vadai Kalyani (21) of Gannaram village, principal chief conservator of forests (wild life) Elusing Meru mentioned.
“It’s an unlucky incident. The girl, together with just a few different villagers, was working in cotton fields for harvesting the crop. A tiger attacked her from behind and mauled her badly, killing her on the spot,” Meru mentioned.
The tiger escaped into the forest after different employees within the fields raised an alarm. The villagers carried the lady’s physique to the forest workplace in Kagaznagar the place they staged a sit-in, demanding justice for the deceased’s household.
The villagers demanded that the Forest Division provoke quick measures to catch the tigers and supply them safety. “As per the norms, the division can pay ₹10 lakh as compensation to the household of the deceased,” the official mentioned.
About 10 days in the past, the forest division authorities recognized the motion of a male tiger Johnny, which is believed to have travelled for 300 km from Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctury in Maharashtra’s Nanded district to Kawal tiger sanctuary masking Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad and Nirmal districts of Telangana searching for a mate.
Following the motion of the tiger, the forest officers alerted the villagers alongside the area. The tiger is believed to have killed 5 cattle at Dhaba village on November 24 and made a number of unsuccessful makes an attempt to hunt cows.
On Thursday, too, there was a report of a tiger killed a calf grazing within the forests of Sonapur on the Maharashtra border. The tiger was sighted at an eco-bridge close to Goyagaon village in Wankidi block on Nationwide Freeway 363, triggering panic amongst individuals.
“We’re but to establish whether or not it was the identical tiger Johnny which killed the lady this morning. We’re monitoring its actions,” the PCCF mentioned.
Deputy conservator of forests (wild life) Vadlakonda Anjaneyulu mentioned of late, there was a motion of tigers from Maharashtra to Asifabad and Adilabad forests searching for mates. “They’re no risk to people. A tiger typically doesn’t assault human beings, until it feels insecure when it confronts them,” he mentioned.
He mentioned there have been studies from the native forest officers about some individuals making an attempt to take photos and movies of the tiger. “This might need led to the tiger attacking the lady at Gannaram village,” Anjaneyulu mentioned.
The DCF mentioned the forest officers have been monitoring the motion of the tigers by putting in CCTV digital camera traps and deploying animal trackers. They suggested the villagers to keep away from sudden confrontations with the tigers and to not enterprise deep contained in the forests.
“Now we have seen the motion of at the least 4 tigers together with their cubs from Maharashtra into Telangana, the place there’s a continuity of forests. Within the current previous, we’ve evicted 142 households from Rampur and Maisampet villages in Kawal wildlife sanctuary and relocated them elsewhere. This resulted within the availability of an unlimited extent of habitat for tigers. Therefore the motion of tigers,” Anjaneyulu added.
