Chandrapur: A spotted deer was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Chandrapur-Mul stretch of the national highway on Monday night. The accident has once again brought the issue of mitigation measures on densely forested highway stretch to the fore.Sources claimed that the male deer might have been crossing the road when some speeding heavy vehicle ran over it. As the injured deer died by the roadside, local dogs and other scavengers devoured some portion of the carcass. Forest officials confirmed the death. The vehicle responsible for the accident, however, could not be identified.Wildlife activists are up in arms against the widening and strengthening of Mul road following rising number of accidents. They have demanded underpasses and speed breakers on the road.Dozens of wild animals were killed or maimed on Chandrapur-Mul stretch last year. A large part of the 40-km-long Chandrapur-Mul stretch of the highway passes through buffer and eco-sensitive zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). It also serves as critical wildlife corridor that connects TATR with South Indirawati tiger project and forests of Telangana.Following protests by wildlife activists, the road widening and strengthening works have been stalled as the matter of building underpasses on the stretch remains unresolved with National Highways Authority of India.

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