With forest areas depleting and man acquiring more land for their dwelling, man-animal conflict has been on the rise. Leopards entering residential areas have become a common sight. Efforts are, however, being taken by the Centre to keep the animals safe and secure by increasing forest reserves.
A video has surfaced on the internet that shows traffic being halted at a highway signal near Tadoba National Park in Maharashtra by a forest official to allow a wild tiger and a cub to cross the road.
The video was shared by wildlife biologist Milind Pariwakam on the micro-blogging site twitter. In the 11-second short clip, a huge crowd of people can be seen waiting patiently on both sides of the road for a tiger and its cub to cross to the other side of the forest.
"Every day, tigers and other wildlife are endangered while crossing roads around Tadoba. When will NGT orders be implemented fully by @MahaForest @mahapwdofficial On the +ve side, kudos to the crowd management here, maybe by @MahaForest staff like last year?" the caption of the poste read.
Since being shared by Pariwakam, the video has garnered over 17,000 views and several comments from users.
"One solution is to have proper speed breaker which will force vehicles to reduce their speed and allow better reaction time. mostly in these stretches people drive fast and animals cross suddenly in panic," tweeted a user.
"Sir can't we build overpasses in such vulnerable points?" questioned a user in the comments box.