Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- Following the recent attacks on cattle and fear among villagers in Telangana, the forest department, on Wednesday, decided to provide on-spot compensation for the deaths.

In a high-level meeting assessing tiger movement through several districts in the state, officials discussed the measures to protect the wild cat and suggested chemical immobilisation as per NTCA Standard Operating Procedures if the situation arises.

During the meeting, N Kshitija, representing Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CCF(Campa)), presented a detailed movement map of the tiger and explained the observed movement pattern based on field inputs.

The divisional forest officers of Yadadri, Sudhakar Reddy, and ...