The postmortem report of the woman who was allegedly killed by tigress Sundari in the Satkosia forests on September 12 confirmed the death ‘due to animal bite.’
A hue and cry has been unleashed since Kailasi Sai of Hatibari village in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Angul district was mauled to death on September 12 by tigress Sundari which was
translocated from Bandhavgarh in MP in June.
Given the mounting demand of the villagers residing in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve to shift the tigress, whom they described as hostile
and their life unsafe with its free movement, Additional PCCF and Field Director, Satkosia Tiger Reserve,
Dr S Panda on Monday told that all efforts will be taken to provide protection to the
people living in and around the tiger reserve. Simultaneously, he appealed the people to cooperate with the tiger conservation plan.
Dr Ramesh from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and his team is now observing and assessing the movement of the tigress Sundari and looking for a safe place for capture of the tigress.
WII experts said Sundari wont’ be relocated from Satkosia. The local people would be persuaded about it.
The locals would be involved in the project and it would be ensured that they financially benefit from it.
If required, they would be taken to the Kanha wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh to see how
tigers coexist with people there.Meanwhile, there is a blame game between the local BJD and BJP leaders, with the former accusing the latter of inciting the locals.
Citizen Action Forum president RP Pattanaik filed a case in the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) for Rs 50 lakh compensation to the
relative of the deceased
who was killed by the tigress and Rs 5 lakh for each family residing in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve, those who have lost their livelihood for the tigress menace.