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East Godavari District Collector Keerthi Chekuri connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) declared vacation for each the schools wrong a five-kilometre radius of Diwancheruvu connected the outskirts of Rajamahendravaram metropolis aft the tiger entered Diwancheruvu Reserve Forest.
The Forest Department said that the tiger crossed the nationalist road and entered the Diwancheruvu Reserve Forest connected Tuesday night. In an authoritative release, Ms. Keerthi said: “The Forest Department squad is tracking the movements of the tiger done drones”.
The team, constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, is successful the task of tranquilising the tiger arsenic it entered the quality habitations. The nationalist travelling connected the nationalist road person been advised to beryllium cautious.
Ms. Keerthi has appealed to the nationalist not to stock immoderate fake videos and photos connected the societal media plotforms arsenic specified acts would make panic among the public.
On February 1, the tiger preyed connected cattle successful Torredu village for the past clip and travelled astir 50 kilometers since then.
The transient antheral tiger, believed to beryllium a autochthonal of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) successful Maharashtra, is said to person swam the stream Godavari via the Polavaram irrigation task to scope Rajamahendravaram outskits.
