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Mudumalai Tiger Reserve works out plan to resolve man-animal conflict

D. Radhakrishnan UNAWARE OF DANGER: A deer darting across the road at Mavanhallah near the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. UDHAGAMANDALAM: The pressure stemming from development should not allow the man-wildlife conflict to get out of hand. Adopting this approach, the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near here has drawn up a plan to deal with the fallout of the considerable increase in the arrival of tourists, and the consequent pressure on the habitat, especially the highways that cut through the reserve.