Forest officials caught another leopard on Wednesday morning in Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala near the Narasimha Swamy temple taking the count to six, said officials.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday inaugurated the Srinivasa Sethu fly-over, the new hostel complex of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) -Sri Venkateswara Arts College and other facilities worth Rs. 1,300 crore, here on Monday.
Tirumala Sri Venkateswara temple is all set for the annual Brahmotsavam, which commences tomorrow. In preparation for the Brahmotsavam, the priests of the temple have performed the ritual Ankuararpanam, which means "sowing the seed".
As the annual Tirumala Brahmotsavam is set to commence on September 18, the Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police, Rajendranath Reddy inspected the security arrangements in Tirumala on Saturday evening.
This marks the fourth big cat that has been captured since the beginning of ‘Operation Leopard’, which began earlier this month and was initiated after several leopards were sighted on the walkway to the hilltop temple.
In the wake of rising leopard attack incidents in the sacred town, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and Forest departments are mulling over setting up a fence on a permanent basis.
One more leopard was caught at Tirumala Footway. This is the third leopard to be caught in 50 days in Tirupathi and the second one from Tirumala after a six-year-old girl named Lakshitha was killed in a leopard attack last week.
Talking to the reporters, he said, "Whenever we come here for the blessings of Tirupati Balaji we feel the positive energy and vibes. It gives us a lot of energy to go back and work for the welfare of the people."
“When the tender gets floated, everybody participates in it, and whoever quotes the lowest price wins the tender. We quote almost Rs 400 per kg. When someone quotes Rs 1 or 2 less, the tender will go to that bidder. I don't know at what price they are buying it, but we have quoted more than