At Kandolia , the region around Pauri township and two kilometres on the up stream, several leopards roam around freely on roads in the night.
There are lot of houses on the slant of the mountain from Kandolia to Pauri and at times the leopards even roam around the populated area with local residents having witnessed them number of times.
Though we haven’t heard any leopard turning into maneater in this area but it is unknown whether in cases of the human kills in and around Kandolia till Kaljikhal block or other areas like Devprayag etc the maneaters are the same which are sighted at Kandolia or different ones.
It is said that leopards can run several hundreds kilometres and come back to their shelter during nights.
So to say that the Kandolia leopards are confined to there only and have not turned maneaters can’t be said with confirmation .
Though it is advised that on Kandolia roads during night hours one should avoid travelling and those on motor bikes or sports cycles by all means never ever commute of these roads.
There have been several dreaded incidents of maneaters pouncing on the pillon riders at Ram Nagar and few other locations.
The video below though circulated in social media unambiguously indicated how freely are the leopards roaming on Kandolia roads near human habitats during the night hours, posing direct threat to the human beings and those living in the nearby localities
. Beware.
Meanwhile a dead body of a leopard who got swept away in the ravishing floods of Kosi River was found on the banks of the river in BETALGHAT, Kumaon.
