Hyderabad, Dec 2 : Telangana’s Forest Department has sought help of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in dealing with tigers in Asifabad district after they mauled to death two persons in last 18 days.
The department has requested the NTCA and the WII to send their representatives to review the measures being taken to deal with the tigers and give their advice and suggestions.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests R. Sobha spoke to NTCA officials in this regard.
The PCCF has also constituted a seven-member monitoring committed as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) of the NTCA to track and deal with the tiger which mauled to death a 15-year-old tribal girl on November 29 in Bejjur reserve forest in Asifabad.
The NTCA has nominated Imran Siddiqui of HyTICOS, as its nominee to the committee constituted for technical guidance and monitoring.
C. P. Vinod Kumar, Conservator of Forests and a nominee of the Chief Wildlife Warden of Telangana, is the Chairman of the committee.
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