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Condemning the hold successful capturing 2 leopards sighted astatine the Marayeepalayam hillock successful the Bhavanisagar block, farmers and residents person decided to motorboat a protest.
The leopards, spotted connected the hillock, person created fearfulness among villagers, who alerted the Forest Department. Following this, 3 cages were installed with goats arsenic bait. However, the animals are yet to beryllium trapped, and residents assertion the leopards look to person go accustomed to the cages.
With panic prevailing among farmers and the wide nationalist successful the surrounding villages, a consultative gathering was held connected Sunday astatine Periya Kallipatti. The gathering was attended by section residents, farmers, and office-bearers of farmers’ associations. More than 100 radical from Indira Nagar, Malliyampatti, Periya Kallipatti, and Nathegoundenpudur participated.
During the meeting, it was unanimously decided to organise a protestation to property for contiguous action. As a archetypal step, the farmers resolved to taxable a petition to the Sathyamangalam District Forest Officer connected Wednesday. The people of further protests volition beryllium decided astatine a consequent meeting, participants said.
