Residents have demanded increased surveillance by the Forest Department following the recent sighting of a stranded leopard in an industrial unit at Kannampalayam on Tiruchi Road in the Coimbatore suburb.
A leopard was caught on the surveillance cameras of a gear manufacturing company on the bank of River Noyyal on November 12. The video got circulated a few days ago, following which the Forest Department staff inspected the area.
However, residents from the locality say that fear of the carnivore sighted in their area, far away from forests, was still lingering.
Leopard sighted at industrial unit on Noyyal bank in Coimbatore
A resident from Kannampalayam said people from places such as Ravathur Pirivu, Kannampalayam, Manoj Nagar and Pappampatti Pirivu were still worried about the leopard. There were vacant lands with bushes and large tracts of agricultural plots around these localities. People hesitated to venture out alone early in the morning and at night after the sighting of the leopard.
