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
