With a teenaged girl killed by a leopard near the Forest Research Institute in the city on Saturday evening, Rawat summoned a team of forest department officials here to share with them his concern over rise in such incidents.
Asking them to grapple with the problem seriously, the Chief Minister said a detailed and effective action plan should be drawn up to reduce the big cat's growing forays into residential areas.
One procreation centre each for small animals in all forest divisions including the deer should be developed and one leopard safari each be developed in Kumaon and Garhwal regions, Rawat suggested.
He also suggested that solar lights be made available to villages located close to forest areas.
A ten-year-old boy had been mauled to death by a leopard in Prem Nagar area of the city a few months ago.