Solar lights were also given to Vasudev Rinjad and his son Pranay, the leopard’s victim

Aarey Colony's tribal residents have lived in the dark for decades, but now it looks like leopards have brought light into their lives.
Days after a three-year-old was attacked by a leopard in the tribal hamlet Chafyachapada -- which locals blamed on the lack of basic amenities such as streetlights -- the authorities are now finally taking serious note of the issue. On Thursday, local MLA and Minister of State for Housing Ravindra Waikar met CM Devendra Fadnavis and told him that the lack of basic amenities was one of the most important causes of man-animal conflict. The same day, the Sena also distributed solar lights to locals.