"tiger"

Nearly 50% of forest lands belonging to Forest dept illegally occupied over decades, say officials

A tiger was sighted near Meraguda village in Penchikalpet mandal, while another at Digida in Dahegaon mandal on Monday evening

Reports of a tiger was on the prowl in Indiramma Colony were making rounds in several social medial platforms

According to sources, a passerby spotted a tiger moving from Sarapaka pushkaravanam to the forests located towards Nagineniprolu village in Burgampahad mandal late on Thursday evening.

The tiger initially attacked a herd of cattle in the forests near the tiny habitation of tribals.

Terming the incident as unfortunate, Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the family members.

The badly mauled body of Sidam Vignesh (21) was found later by fellow villagers.

After a week or so, it entered the Odedu village of Peddapalli district by crossing the Manair River, and again carnivores feline was spotted near NTPC, Ramagundam in Peddapalli district last month.

DFO Pradeep Kumar appealed to the villagers, particularly shepherds and ranchers, to be careful and not to enter the forest areas with sheep or cattle