Locals of bordering villages in Bejjur, Chintalamanepalli and Penchikalpet mandals feared that it might return to Telangana in search of water and food as it did on April 3 and 4.
In Mancherial's Avani Children’s Hospital, doctors successfully rescued a premature baby diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension and other severe health issues.
The objective behind declaring a conservation reserve was to ensure strict vigilance and to bar illegal entry into the reserve area, besides initiating stern action legally on hunters and poachers.
Led by District Forest Officer Neeraj Kumar Tebriwal, eight teams comprising around 120 officials and animal trackers drawn from the neighbouring Mancherial district and volunteers of NGOs scanned the forest to trace the tigers from 9 am till 6 pm