Army brings under control forest fire in J-K’s Poonch
The Indian Army was able to bring the fire under control with the help of security agencies, saving many lives and infrastructure.
The Indian Army was able to bring the fire under control with the help of security agencies, saving many lives and infrastructure.
Forest fires broke out across South Korea on Sunday due to dry and windy weather in spring, a media report said.
Kumar, along with his colleagues, had almost doused the fire in a forest on 20 May when a sudden storm flared the forest fire engulfing him. He was rushed to Regional Hospital Una with serious burn injuries for medical treatment where doctors diagnosed that he had suffered above 90 percent burn injuries.
Human-wildlife conflict is the negative interaction between humans and wildlife, resulting in serious obstacles in wildlife protection efforts. Only awareness and local participation in conservation projects can manage this issue.
The state Task Force chief, Sandeep Tripathy asserted today that the forest fire situation in the state is totally under control now. He insisted that the fire in Simlipal National Park has been contained and only five fire points were reported today as against 26 and 24 points over the last two days.
A memorandum seeking Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar's personal intervention in containment of fire in Similipal National Park and other forests in the state was submitted by a delegation.
Manuwar Khan, forest ranger of Nilagiri said that the wildfire at three places has been controlled while Biswaraj Panda the DFO of Balasore said besides the squads the help of Vana Suraksha Samiti members has been taken.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the situation and was briefed by additional chief secretary Mona Sharma that the fire is under control. SOP has been issued and DFOs are furnishing daily updates to the district collector.
The CM said that the topography of the state was difficult and construction and maintenance cost of capital assets like roads, health and educational institutions, irrigation and water supply schemes and electrification was very high.
The global warming phenomena of rising temperatures and prolonged dry spells are fuelling forest fires in Himachal Pradesh, resulting in…