Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan inaugurated a 20‑acre training centre at Musalimadugu beside Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Six kumki elephants — Krishna, Abhimanyu, Deva, Ranjan, Jayant and Vinayak — demonstrated herd‑driving and rescue support for field staff.
- Project HANUMAN was unveiled with 11 components that include rapid response teams, wildlife rescue units, veterinary facilities and village awareness programmes.
- Forest officials cited 23 human fatalities since 2021, damage to over 4,000 acres of crops, loss of 34 cattle and compensation exceeding Rs 4.26 crore.
- The state received clearance to deploy radio collars, set a March 3, 2026 deadline for a real‑time alerts app, scheduled a November 18–19 review and pushed coordination across departments and farmer livelihood shifts.