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The Rajamahendravaram Wildlife Management authorities person adopted state-of-the-art technologies, including the deployment of thermal drones and 4G cameras, to scan the wood and scenery that the transient tiger has been frequenting for the past fortnight, with the volition to tranquilise it. The thermal drones volition scan the scenery astatine nighttime to hint the movements of the tiger.
The three-year-old antheral tiger, said to beryllium a autochthonal of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve successful Maharashtra, entered the Godavari portion by swimming the Pranahita, a tributary of Godavari river, and entered the Papikonda Hill Range successful the Eastern Ghats.
The tiger was sighted crossing the nationalist road earlier entering the Diwan Cheruvuru Reserve Forest connected Tuesday night. It was futher reported that it reportedly entered the harvest fields successful Pidimgoyyi country connected the outskirts of Rajamahendravaram metropolis connected Wednesday night.
Over the past 24 hours, it has walked astir 10 kilometres, and is said to beryllium inching person to the Soodhikonda Hill Range that is connected to the Papikonda Hill Range successful the Maredumilli area. However, it has not preyed connected immoderate cattle successful the past 24 hours.
Scanning landscape
Speaking to The Hindu, Rajamahendravaram Chief Conservator of Forest B.N.N. Murthy said; “We person deployed thermal drones, 4G cameras, web-enabled camera traps to show the scenery the tiger is covering.”
“A five-member adept squad from the Pune-based RESQ Charitable Trust volition get connected Thursday to assistance the rescue committee constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority successful tranquilising the tiger”, added Mr. Murthy. The RESQ Trust works with the Forest Department successful assorted States.
The Pune-based adept squad is equipped with indispensable equipment, customised gadgets, blase tranquilising instrumentality and drugs to facilitate harmless rescue operations. Led by District Forest Officer B. Prabhakar Rao, astatine slightest 100 unit from the Forest Department person been tracking the movements of the tiger successful the Godavari region, since it swam connected the nighttime of January 31.
