Residents of Asifabad district fear water scarcity

Shortage of water may bring both the tigers and the people to the same water sources

It seems like tough summer days are ahead for tigers and as well as the people of interior villages who will share scare water resources in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district.

It is feared that the shortage of drinking water may bring both the tigers and the people to the same water sources. Tigers may also come close to the villages in search of water.

The people of the interior villages are experiencing sleepless nights with the increased tiger movements and the killing of two persons within 20 days in separate incidents in Dahegaon and Penchikalpet mandals.

Farmers are not going to their fields for cotton picking, fearing an attack by the tiger.

It was stated that this is the time for the forest department to develop water bodies inside the forests for the tigers so that they do not cross paths with humans.

While tiger attacks were unknown for 20 years, the situation has changed with more tigers migrating into the erstwhile Adilabad disdents in Dahegaon and Penchikalpet mandals. trict from Maharashtra.

While forest officials were happy about the migration of tigers, the two deaths have had a sobering effect. It is feared that any more incidents may create unrest among the locals and this may go against the interest of tiger conservation. The situation could be ripe for miscreants to take advantage.

Poachers are these days in bordering not the active areas where the tigers are moving but may become active and cause harm to the tigers by taking the advantage of the summer season when the big scat scour the dry forests for water, or the panic situation prevailing among the people and push the blame on the villagers.

Again, people of Hattighat, Tamsi (K) in Bheempur mandal informed forest officials two days ago that they saw a tiger movement in the cotton fields of their villages along the river Penganga in the Adilabad district.

It was found that tigers are migrating into Adilabad district borders from the Tippeshwar tiger reserve of Maharashtra by crossing the river Penganga.

■ THE PEOPLE of the interior villages are experiencing sleepless nights with the increased tiger movements and the killing of two persons within 20 days in separate inci

WHILE FOREST officials were happy about the migration of tigers, the two deaths have had a sobering effect.