Tirupati | The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the independent trust that manages the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, on Friday said immediate steps will be taken to build a fence along both sides of the Alipiri and Srivari Mettu footpaths to avert incidents like Thursday night's leopard attack on a three-year-old boy.

TTD Chairman Y V Subba Reddy made the announcement after meeting the boy from Adoni in Kurnool district, who survived the leopard attack around 10 pm on Thursday night.

“TTD will immediately take up fencing of the Alipiri and Srivari Mettu footpaths on both sides to ensure such incidents do not occur again,” was quoted as saying in a press release on Friday.

The boy, currently undergoing treatment at the TTD-run Sri Padmavati Children's Hospital, had suffered serious bite injuries on his neck at the seventh mile near the Anjaneya Swamy statue on the Alipiri footpath