MP: 7-month-old tiger cub killed while crossing highway

A tiger cub was killed after being hit by a vehicle on a national highway in Gunghutti range of Umaria forest division in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, an official said.

According to news agency ANI, “a 7-month-old tiger cub died after being hit by a vehicle on NH 43 in Ghunghuti forest range of Umaria. Forest officials are present at the spot, an investigation begins.”

The incident took place on NH-43, around 35 km away from Umaria district headquarters, an official said.

The 7-month-old tiger cub was crossing the national highway when he was killed.

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“It appears that some light vehicle hit the big cat around 3:00 am. The body parts of the tiger were intact,” Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Mohit Sood told PTI over the phone.

The official told that the feline was not from the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Also, it was not from a protected forest area. His post-mortem is being carried out, Sood said.

DFO also said that he talked to forest department officials about putting up signboards to sensitise driving on the highway about maintaining caution while driving in the area to avoid the recurrence of such accidents.

He further told that they have requested the National Highway Authority of India to construct speed breakers on NH-43 so that such mishaps would not repeat in the future.

Some other necessary steps have been taken to prevent any further accidents, Sood said.

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