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Drive slowly, there's a leopard crossing ahead
Updated On: 17 October, 2012 07:02 AM IST | | Ranjeet Jadhav
Despite SGNP director's letter to concerned authorities requesting that speed breakers be installed to curb leopard-motorist encounters in Aarey Colony, Film City Road, no action has been taken
Despite an alarming increase in the number of leopards being hit or run over by motorists on the roads in Aarey Colony and the forest department officials requesting for measures to be taken to minimise such incidents in May this year, no steps have been taken in this regard.

Unsafe zone: Leopards cross the roads like this one in Film City at night, and incidents of them being run over by motorist have been on a rise. (inset) The leopard that was hit and injured by a biker at Aarey Colony recently is undergoing treatment at Borivli National Park
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