Now, it's crocodile after floods

TIRUCHI: After floods, it is time for hunting stray crocodiles along the banks of water courses in Tiruchi district. The Forest Department got the season's first call on Monday night after a reptile was sighted off a swamp at a colony off Lalgudi.

With the locals claiming to have sighted as many as three crocodiles, Forest officials and sanitary workers of the Lalgudi special panchayat launched a hunt to track down the reptiles on Tuesday morning.

The scare has forced residents of Muthu Nagar, Shanthi Nagar and Thiru Nagar, tread with caution on the muddy lanes of their colonies. These colonies were inundated after the nearby Kuvalaiyar, a drainage channel from where the crocodile is believed to have strayed, overflowed during the recent floods.