Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 23:53 IST
The concern of panthers has gripped the farmers a lot that they’re spending sleepless nights guarding their properties and crops on the farms. (Representational Image: PTI)
The villagers have appealed to the forest division to catch these panthers and demanded that their security and safety be ensured by the forest division.
The terror of panthers continues to prevail in the villages of Modasa taluka in Gujarat’s Aravalli district. The of panthers has created panic amongst villagers in Bhatkota village for the previous couple of days.
Villagers are spending sleepless nights guarding their properties. Bharatbhai Rao, a farmer of the village, has made a cage to defend himself from a possible panther assault.
The villagers have appealed to the forest division to catch these panthers and demanded that their security and safety be ensured by the forest division.
The concern of panthers has gripped the villagers a lot that they’re spending sleepless nights guarding their properties and crops on the farms.
Meenaben Rao, a villager mentioned that native farmers and villagers are afraid of going out to their farms. Women are additionally afraid of going out to milk their animals.
A panther household comes to the pond close to Shikor Mata Mandir which lies 50 ft away from the village to quench its thirst. This scene was witnessed by a farmer who was driving his tractor. After he reported this incident to the villagers, they gathered with sticks to chase the group of panthers. This group of panthers remained close to the temple for 3 hours.
Bharatbhai, a farmer in the village, says, “I have been guarding my crops for the last six months like this only. I have encountered panthers earlier also when I was attacked by a panther near my farm. When I narrated my story to the villagers, they did not believe me. Now when I tell the villagers that I have seen a family of panthers near the temple, they are surprised”. He additional mentioned, “I have spent ₹10,000 and got a cage built to save myself from the attack of panthers”.
Panthers have been sighted at completely different locations in ten villages together with Lalpur, Gadhda, Gokharwa, Rameshwar Kampa in Modasa taluka. The Forest Department has not been in a position to catch these panthers and villagers of this taluka are compelled to spend their nights in concern and panic.
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