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Godam Ganesh, a leader of Tudum Debba, said they had chalked out an action plan to oppose the order, which they fear will affect 339 tribal villages across the Asifabad and Kagaznagar divisions. The organisation has initiated awareness meetings in villages, which will continue till July 13

Twenty-two villages were identified for displacement due to the formation of Tiger Reserve, which came into existence in 2012.

With the relocation of 94 families from Rampur and Maisampet villages from Kaddampeddur mandal in the core of the reserve, the Forest department secured nearly 110 acres of land.

ATR officials have prepared a preliminary plan to relocate the 415 families from Sarlapally, Kudichintalabailu, Kollampeta and Tatigindala villages.

In the case of the tigress, hair and other samples were sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) to determine the cause of death.

Of late, the tigers, drifting in from Tadoba-Andhari, Navegaon Nagzira, Bore and Indravati Tiger Reserves of Maharashtra into the forests of Kawal Tiger Reserve and its corridors often attack humans when confronted.

Telangana Forest Department proposes to install 1,000 more camera traps in addition to the existing 1,980 in Kawal Tiger Reserve .