With the operation to rescue tigress T1's cubs still in progress, a 20x20 feet tent in Pandharkawda, Yavatmal, has become the head office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), A K Misra. Also chief wildlife warden of Maharashtra, Misra usually sits at the Vanbhavan office in Nagpur. But, with the operation not over yet, he has set up camp in a section of Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra area in Pandharkawda.

Misra and Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) Sunil Limaye have made Pandharkawda their base. A highly-placed source in the forest department said, "The operation is one of the most important ones we have undertaken... Hence, they have shifted base. Between September 21 and October 13, both PCCF and APCCF were present in Pandharkawda; besides monitoring the operation, they did their day-to-day office work there as well.