Chandigarh, Dec. 15 -- With confirmed movement of leopards and other wild animals at multiple locations inside the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, the UT forest and wildlife department has stepped up measures to ensure visitor safety, including preparing a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

Leopard presence has been detected during regular field observations and a wildlife census conducted by the department in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, in November.

On Sunday, chief wildlife warden Saurabh Kumar, accompanied by conservator of forests Anup Kumar Soni and deputy conservator of forests Navneet Srivastava, carried out an on-site inspection of the sanctuary.

The inspection confirmed the presenc...