Tag: Chandrapur

  • Maharashtra: Woman mauled to death by leopard in Chandrapur

    By PTI

    CHANDRAPUR: A 53-year-old woman was dragged away and mauled to death by a leopard outside her house in a forested area of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, an official said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place late on Monday night when the victim Mandabai Sidam was sleeping outside her house in Virkhalchak village in Saoli forest range, some 56 km from the district headquarters, the senior forest officer from Chandrapur circle said.

    The victim raised an alarm, following which the animal left her and escaped into the forest. But she died on the spot, he said.

    While an official had earlier said that the woman had been attacked by a tiger, range forest officer of Saoli P G Virutkar said pugmarks of a leopard were found at the scene.

    A 10-member team of forest personnel is patrolling the village to prevent another man-animal conflict.

    Apart from this, two cages have been installed in the vicinity to trap the animal, he said.

    Forest officials and police reached the spot for an inspection, chief conservator of forest Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar said, adding that an initial compensation has been given to the deceased woman’s family.

    According to sources in the forest department, eight persons have been killed in attacks by wild animals so far this year, and at least 53 had died in such attacks in Chandrapur last year.

    CHANDRAPUR: A 53-year-old woman was dragged away and mauled to death by a leopard outside her house in a forested area of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, an official said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place late on Monday night when the victim Mandabai Sidam was sleeping outside her house in Virkhalchak village in Saoli forest range, some 56 km from the district headquarters, the senior forest officer from Chandrapur circle said.

    The victim raised an alarm, following which the animal left her and escaped into the forest. But she died on the spot, he said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    While an official had earlier said that the woman had been attacked by a tiger, range forest officer of Saoli P G Virutkar said pugmarks of a leopard were found at the scene.

    A 10-member team of forest personnel is patrolling the village to prevent another man-animal conflict.

    Apart from this, two cages have been installed in the vicinity to trap the animal, he said.

    Forest officials and police reached the spot for an inspection, chief conservator of forest Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar said, adding that an initial compensation has been given to the deceased woman’s family.

    According to sources in the forest department, eight persons have been killed in attacks by wild animals so far this year, and at least 53 had died in such attacks in Chandrapur last year.

  • Chandrapur in Maha sizzles with temperature rising to 43.2 degrees Celsius

    By PTI

    CHANDRAPUR: Chandrapur district in eastern Maharashtra on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius, highest in the region, the Nagpur Regional Meteorological Centre said.

    Chandrapur has been recording a maximum temperature above 40 degrees for the last three days.

    On Wednesday, the mercury had soared to 42.2 degrees Celsius in the district. Bramhapuri tehsil registered a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius.

    Maximum temperatures on Thursday in other five districts of Vidarbha were as follows: Wardha -42.2 degrees Celsius, Amravati-41.4 degree Celsius, Nagpur-41 degrees Celsius, Yavatmal-40.5 degrees Celsius, Gondia-40.4 degrees Celsius and Akola-40.3 degrees Celsius.

    CHANDRAPUR: Chandrapur district in eastern Maharashtra on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius, highest in the region, the Nagpur Regional Meteorological Centre said.

    Chandrapur has been recording a maximum temperature above 40 degrees for the last three days.

    On Wednesday, the mercury had soared to 42.2 degrees Celsius in the district. Bramhapuri tehsil registered a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Maximum temperatures on Thursday in other five districts of Vidarbha were as follows: Wardha -42.2 degrees Celsius, Amravati-41.4 degree Celsius, Nagpur-41 degrees Celsius, Yavatmal-40.5 degrees Celsius, Gondia-40.4 degrees Celsius and Akola-40.3 degrees Celsius.

  • Maha: Woman killed by tiger; 50 dead in Chandrapur this year in big cat attacks

    By PTI

    CHANDRAPUR: A 50-year-old woman was mauled to death by a tiger in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district in Thursday afternoon, a forest department official said.

    Swaroopa Teletiwar was killed when she was plucking cotton in a field near Khadi village in Saoli range, some 60 kilometres from here, Chief Conservator of Forests Prakash Lonkar said.

    In all, 50 persons have died this year in the district in attacks by big cats, another official said.

    Forty-four of the attacks were by tigers and six by leopards, he said.

    Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday asked officials in his department to curb tiger-human conflicts in Chandrapur by taking appropriate steps.

    Action would be taken against officials if they fail to curb tiger-human conflicts, a release quoted the minister as saying. He said “troublesome tigers” must be caged to give relief to people.

    Mungantiwar is the guardian minister of Chandrapur.

    READ HERE | Two tigers found dead in 24 hours in Maharashtra’s Tadoba Andhari Reserve

    CHANDRAPUR: A 50-year-old woman was mauled to death by a tiger in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district in Thursday afternoon, a forest department official said.

    Swaroopa Teletiwar was killed when she was plucking cotton in a field near Khadi village in Saoli range, some 60 kilometres from here, Chief Conservator of Forests Prakash Lonkar said.

    In all, 50 persons have died this year in the district in attacks by big cats, another official said.

    Forty-four of the attacks were by tigers and six by leopards, he said.

    Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday asked officials in his department to curb tiger-human conflicts in Chandrapur by taking appropriate steps.

    Action would be taken against officials if they fail to curb tiger-human conflicts, a release quoted the minister as saying. He said “troublesome tigers” must be caged to give relief to people.

    Mungantiwar is the guardian minister of Chandrapur.

    READ HERE | Two tigers found dead in 24 hours in Maharashtra’s Tadoba Andhari Reserve

  • Maharashtra: Fire at Chandrapur thermal power station; no casualty

    By PTI
    NAGPUR: A fire broke out at a coal handling plant of the Chandrapur thermal power station in Maharashtra, but there was no report of any casualty, an official said on Monday.

    The incident took place around 11 pm on Sunday when a conveyor belt at the coal handling plant caught fire, probably due to a short-circuit, an official of the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) told PTI.

    The fire spread in the premises due to the strong wind, but it was brought under control in an hour, he said.

    The thermal power station was functioning, he added.