The Rajamahendravaram Wildlife Management team has launched a high-tech effort to track and tranquilise a roaming tiger. They are using thermal drones and 4G cameras to scan the forest and nearby lands where the tiger has been roaming for two weeks. The thermal drones operate at night to follow the tiger's movements. This tiger is a three-year-old male from Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. It crossed the Pranahita river, a Godavari tributary, by swimming and entered the Papikonda Hill Range in the Eastern Ghats. Officials saw the tiger cross a national highway and enter Diwan Cheruvuru Reserve Forest on a recent Tuesday night. The next night, it was spotted entering crop fields near Pidimgoyyi, close to Rajamahendravaram city. It has covered about 10 kilometers in 24 hours, moving towards the Soodhikonda Hill Range, linked to the Papikonda Range in Maredumilli. Importantly, the tiger has not attacked any cattle in the past 24 hours. Rajamahendravaram Chief Conservator of Forest B.N.N. Murthy explained, "We have deployed thermal drones, 4G cameras, web-enabled camera traps to monitor the landscape the tiger is covering." A special five-member expert team from Pune's RESQ Charitable Trust will assist the rescue operation starting Thursday. RESQ works with forest departments in different states. The team brings special equipment and drugs needed for safely tranquilising the tiger. District Forest Officer B. Prabhakar Rao heads about 100 forest staff who have been tracking the tiger since January 31, the night it swam the river. The operation aims to protect both the tiger and local communities as the animal moves through this region.