Pune: A 44-year-old woman was attacked by a leopard early on Monday in Junnar while she was sleeping in a sugar cane field. Mirabai Baru Barkade was sleeping outside a shepherd's tent in Waghdar village of Junnar when a leopard bit her arm. As she woke up screaming, the leopard scampered away, startled by her cries.
Barkade was admitted to a hospital in Narayangaon, where she was treated and discharged on Tuesday. Locals have demanded that the forest department install a cage in the village to catch the leopard. The incident also brought to light the dangers of ignoring protocol in a leopard-dense region.
The forest dept regularly conducts awareness programmes about the danger of sleeping in fields at night. However, shepherds continue to risk their lives and sleep outside in order to protect their livestock. Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 Results Majority: 46 BJP 48 CONG 37 INLD 2 AAP 0 OTH 3 Results : 90 / 90 BJP WON Jammu & Kashmir Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 Results Majority: 46 JKNC 42 BJP 29 CONG 6 PDP 3 OTH 10 Results : 90 / 90 HUNG ASSEMBLY Source: PValue "Awareness of the dangers of sleeping in the open can check the problem to some extent.
We keep trying to explain to the villagers that it is highly dangerous to do so," said assistant conservator of forest Smita Rajhans. In order to mitigate the problem, the Junnar division of state forest department, along with Pune-based Simusoft Technologies , launched an artificial .
