Over the past two years, all roads led to the backwaters of Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) near Nadikuda village of Nandipet mandal in Nizamabad district around this time. But not anymore, or it so seems. For, it was the locale which presented the spectacular sight of thousands of blackbucks strutting about all over the territory, to the delight of the wildlife and nature lovers.
For an unreserved locale which was home only to blackbucks, interestingly, not even a single spotted deer has been sighted in the past three years there. Now, things seemed to have changed dramatically for the worse. On a visit to the spot last Sunday, it was a shocking experience for the handful of nature lovers to spot only about a dozen blackbucks and that too, after a four-hour intense search. This is a far cry from the days when wildlife enthusiasts used to find themselves in a dilemma — which way to head in order to get closer to the blackbucks. Such were the numbers!
So, what exactly went wrong in the past couple of years leading to a dramatic decline in the numbers?
