Achi news desk-
A fire broke out in the forests of Bali’s Chandla hill. Due to the fire, many green trees and medicinal plants were burnt to ashes.
By Ravindra Soni
Publication Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:23 AM (IST)
Date Updated: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:34 AM (IST)
Highlights
- Forest fire incidents in the summer have already occurred.
- Despite this, it does not appear that the forest staff are prepared to deal with such incidents.
- A forest fire causes damage to greenery as well as wild animals.
Vidisha (Navdunia representative). The forest continued to burn throughout the night due to a massive fire on the Chandla Bali hill under compound number 101 of the Forest Development Corporation of the Gyaraspur forest range of the district. Forest Development Corporation staff were busy trying to extinguish the fire, but due to the hilly area, it was very difficult to extinguish the fire. The fire was brought under control by Thursday morning. Due to the fire, evergreen trees are burnt to ashes, while many types of medicinal plants in the forest are also burnt.
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The fire took a huge form at night
Every year there is a fire in the summer. Despite this, the staff of the Forest Department do not show punctuality in extinguishing the fire. Because the green trees in the whole forest are caught in the fire. Wild animals that live in the forest are also burned in the fire. There was a fire on the hill of Chandla Bali on Wednesday afternoon, but during the night the fire took a huge form. Efforts were made to extinguish the fire with the help of Forest Development Corporation porter Pramod Gupta, watchman Sharafat Khan and another laborer who reached the forest, but the fire spread over a very large area, due to which it was very difficult to control the fire. fire
Forest Development Corporation Ranger Govind Kushwaha said that other employees of the corporation were also sent to douse the fire, with the help of their help the fire was brought under control. Fire is still burning in some areas. Efforts are being made to eliminate that as well. Regarding the fire, he said that the Mahua season is about to come in the forest. There is a suspicion that while picking Mahua, someone might have thrown a match stick in the forest after smoking beedi, due to which the dry leaves caught fire. He said the extent of the area that could have been affected by this fire was being assessed.
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