After the Maharashtra Forest Department successfully tranquilised one of the three tigers suspected of killing a man on the premises of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS), the forest department has now intensified the process to capture the female tigress and the remainder cub too. On February 18, Sunil Limaye, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF)-Wildlife, had passed the orders to capture the tiger, tigress and a cub after a man was killed on the premises of CSTPS, on February 17.

‘Tigers have adapted’

According to PCCF orders, once the tigress and cubs are captured, they should be kept in huge enclosures with no human contact. The order also states that after conducting the medical examination of the tigers, if found to be fit, they should be released in their natural habitat, as per the NTCA guidelines and their activities should be observed using camera traps.