Male tiger found dead in Chandrapur; 2nd in a week
Less than a week after Srinivas, the son of iconic tiger Jai, was found electrocuted at Naghbid forest range, another male adult tiger was found dead on Wednesday afternoon, just 60km away.
Forest officials said the tiger died in mysterious circumstances. A post-mortem could not reveal the exact cause of death as the carcass was found decomposed near Palebarsa village in Chandrapur.
“We cannot confirm the exact age of the tiger since all its visceral organs were decomposed and it could not be examined properly during the postmortem. It is, however, clear that the animal was an adult and between 7 and 12 years,” said Rajam Talmale, assistant conservator of forest, Chandrapur forest division.
So far, this is the second tiger to have died at the Chandrapur territorial forests this year. Of the six tiger deaths in the state this year, poachers were responsible for two.
Last year, nine tigers in Chandrapur and 16 in the state died. Of these, three were killed by poachers.
According to the forest department, the tiger’s carcass was found around 4pm near Bhoot Talab (a lake). It is likely that the tiger had come there to drink water before he died.
All schools in Maharash tra will have to install complain boxes for students and teachers As a step towards student safety the Maharashtra state schoo education department on Friday made it compulsory for al schools-across boards and man agements- to put up complain boxes, to be opened in the pres ence of police officials.
A government resolution (GR issued on Friday evening by the department stated that schools throughout the state must put up complaint boxes in places that are easily visible to all. It also stated that the boxes must be sealed to ensure that the complaints are not tampered with.
“There is a need to put up com plaint boxes as fool-proof meas ure to ensure students’ safety in schools,” read the GR issued by Ramchandra Gunjal, deputy sec retary of the department.