Bhopal: Three persons, including two tribal women and a forest worker, were killed in separate incidents of tiger attacks in the forests in Seoni and Mandla districts in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Monday.
In the first incident, a woman, identified as Shanti Bai of Jillapur village in Gorakhpur area falling under Kurei forest circle in Seoni district, was attacked and killed by a tiger when she was busy in agriculture operation in her farmland late on Sunday, a local forest officer said on Monday.
In the second incident, one Shivanti Bai of Mau village under Barghat area in Seoni district was mauled to death by a tiger when she was supervising agricultural operations in her farmland late on Sunday.
In the other incident, Lakhan Singh, a fire protection worker, part of a patrolling party, was attacked and killed by a tiger in Ghangernala falling under Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Mandla district late on Sunday, a forest officer said.
Environmental activist Ajey Dubey on Monday expressed serious concern over the spurt in the incidents of wild animal- human conflict in the reserve forests in the state, leading to deaths of forest dwellers.
He said that the authorities concerned should review the conflict management system and plug the loopholes by addressing the issues such as corridor fragmentation, encroachments in the forest areas and water scarcity in summer in the forests.
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