Movement of a leopard created panic among villagers in Somagudam and Dubbagudem in Mancherial district. After spotting pugmarks, residents alerted forest officials, who began tracking the animal and advised farmers to take safety precautions while working in fields.
Forest officials reclaimed 1,700 acres of encroached land at Itikalapahad in Sirpur (T) mandal, restoring it with saplings. The reforested area now serves as a corridor for tigers migrating from Maharashtra, while officials work to prevent human-wildlife conflict
Locals and coal miners working with an opencast mining project claimed that they saw a tiger when it was crossing a road on the peripherals of the village in the morning
