Watch: Two tigers sighted at Penganga project canal in Adilabad

Hyderabad: Two tigers were sighted in the Penganga project canal in Adilabad district on Tuesday morning. The tigers were seen roaming in the canal near the delivery cistern. It is suspected that they might have come from the nearby Tippeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. The project engineers passed on the information to the district forest […]

Hyderabad: Two tigers were sighted in the Penganga project canal in Adilabad district on Tuesday morning. The tigers were seen roaming in the canal near the delivery cistern. It is suspected that they might have come from the nearby Tippeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra.

The project engineers passed on the information to the district forest department officials. People living in neighboring villages were alerted about the tiger presence in the area, by the local authorities .

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According to irrigation department officials, the water lifted from the pump house of the Chanaka Korata project being constructed in Adilabad district is discharged into this canal. A pump is being constructed at Hattighat village of Zainath mandal. Chanaka Korata barrage is already completed 20 km below the pump house.

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary located in Pandharkawda taluka of Yavatmal district, about 35 km from Adilabad district headquarters town, is home to about 20 tigers. People living around regions bordering Maharashtra live in fear due to the increasing tiger movement. According to Forest officials tigers move from Thippeshwar reserve in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district and cross Penganga and Pranahitha rivers to enter Talmadugu and Bheempur mandals in Telangana.

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