Pune: Maharashtra will be the first state to engage in sustainable management of population for leopards, announced the forest minister of state, Ganesh Naik, on Monday. The Maharashtra forest department received approval for the birth control project from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC).

Following a surge in leopard attacks across Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed, and Shirur tehsils in Pune District, the state government approved Rs 11.25 crore for measures to curb man-animal conflict on 4th November. Similar facilities will also be extended to Nashik and Ahilyanagar ahead of the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela, which will witness a massive crowd, scheduled to begin on 31st October 2026 in Nashik. The officials are gearing up for the mega event and said that t

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