Forestry Department search and rescue operations continued for a second day after the leopard was spotted inside a group housing estate in Greater Noida (West), officials said. Residents claimed to have seen cats roaming the area on Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, a leopard sighting sparked panic among residents of Ajnara Le Garden in Sector 16 of Greater Noida (West), also known as the Noida Extension.
Experts from Meerut and Agra were roped in later in the day, officials said, while a team from Gautam Buddh Nagar’s forestry department rushed to the scene.
The association had issued a similar leopard warning a week earlier, but on December 27, its maintenance department notified residents of a suspected cat on the premises and urged them not to go outside.
“We are continuing our search for leopards. We also have teams from Agra and Meerut for this task,” Pramod Kumar Srivastava, a forest officer in the department that oversees the rescue operation, told PTI. Told.
Residents of the terror-stricken society stayed at home, and many avoided even going to local stores to buy daily necessities. “There is no doubt that residents are very concerned about their safety. My wife also observed a leopard moving in the social circle this morning. It was a little foggy,” Mukesh Gupta, who lives with his family on the 15th floor, told PTI.
The association has about 16 residential towers, of which 5-6 are under construction. The leopard was found Tuesday by a social worker in one of his basements of the tower under construction. A few blurry pictures of the animals also surfaced, according to association residents.
Association officials issued a one-line message on Tuesday urging residents to stay indoors and take precautions after a leopard was spotted on the property.
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