Tiger movement continued around Kerwa dam area of Bhopal. On Tuesday, locals of the area made a video viral on social media that displayed the tiger roaming around the road. Forest officials said that the tiger displayed in video is cub of tigress T-123. All the four cubs of tigress are making separate territory due to which their movement is being recorded. These cubs are one-year-old and they usually sighted in Chandanpura, Mendora, Mendori region along with tigress. But one of the cubs was now sighted in residential area that raised the tension among officials. SDO R S Bhadauria said, “the cub was seen near a private bungalow and he went towards Kerwa Chowki jungle after roaming around the road.

 

” He further said that there are 22 tigers active in Kerwa, Kaliyasot and nearby jungle of Bhopal but they keep their movement from Ratapani to Bhopal forest areas. He said that mother tigress is training the cubs for killing prey and setting up territory. A few days back, cubs were seen in a water saucer. All these four cubs prefer to stay with mother tigress. Team has been assigned around the forest areas to secure these cubs. Night patrolling is also being done in shifts. As per Census 2018 there were 18 tigers around the area. Jungle associated with the state capital Bhopal is spread over 437 sqkm of area and 150 sqkm of jungle is dense with rich population of stripped cat.