Traffic came to a stop in this city for a bizarre reason

Motorists on a highway near a Maharashtra forest in India had to stop to make way for a wild tigerand its cub to cross the road. A forest official signalled motorists to stop so that the wild animals could cross the road at Tadoba National Park.

Make way

In an 11-second video posted on Twitter by one Milind Pariwakam, officials could be seen signalling motorists on both sides of the highway to slow down. Shortly after, the footage captured an adult tiger emerging slowly from the forest, with a cub following closely behind, according to NDTV. People waited patiently on both sides of the road to let them pass. The video was captioned:

Every day, tigers and other wildlife are endangered while crossing roads around Tadoba. When will NGT orders be implemented fully by @MahaForest @mahapwdofficial On the +ve side, kudos to the crowd management here, maybe by @MahaForest staff like last year?

A second video posted by the same person who appeared to have been at the scene was of a man calling out to bystanders to remain calm and silent so as not to frighten the wild tiger and its cub.

Only for a tiger

As this is not an everyday occurrence, many people who saw the video were naturally amazed. Commenting on the tweet, one Twitter user said:

One solution is to have proper speed breaker which will force vehicles to reduce their speed and allow better reaction time. Mostly in these stretches, people drive fast and animals cross suddenly in a panic.

Another wondered if a better solution would be to ‘build overpasses in such vulnerable points’. Earlier, Indian Forest Officer, Parveen Kaswan captioned a similar video shared on Twitter thus:

Green signal only for tiger. These beautiful people. Unknown location.

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NDTV:Watch: Forest Official Stops Commuters To Let Tigers Cross Road In Maharashtra