Tiger spotted near coal mine in Telangana’s Asifabad, panic among workers

Coal mine staff getting back from their duties at Khairiguda open solid mines in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem (Asifabad) district on Wednesday night shuddered with concern on sighting a tiger wandering on the roadside.

A video and photos of the tiger sitting on a heap of mud adjoining to the highway, nearer to the Tiryani forests, went viral on social media. The coal mine staff who shortly returned to Tiryani block headquarters knowledgeable the forest officers concerning the tiger.

According to a forest official in Asifabad, it may very well be the identical tiger which had been seen in another villages close to the forests for the previous few weeks. “We have been trying to capture it, but it has been elusive,” the official stated.

Apparently, the tiger had come type Kadamba forest in Asifabad district and had sneaked into Tiryani areas. “It was first spotted drinking water at Gundala river under Rebbena block. There were reports that the tiger later wandered into human habitations at Rachapalli village under Tandur block, where it killed a bull,” the forest official stated.

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The similar tiger reportedly killed a cow at Golleti open solid mines and one other bull at Tumpalli village, creating panic among the many locals, 5 days in the past. “We have sounded an alert in the villages and asked the people not to come out after sunset. We told them not to venture into the forest areas,” he stated.

According to the forest officers, Komaram Bheem (Asifabad) district is surrounded by wild forests belonging to Tadoba tiger reserve and Kawal wildlife sanctuary, that are house to a number of tigers. These wild beasts preserve travelling for a number of kilometres from place to put looking for prey animals.

“On rare occasions, tigers enter human habitations in search of cattle or sheep. They go back into the forests later,” the forest official stated.