Officials gear up to tackle forest fires
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As the mercury ranges have began rising, officers of the Chittoor East (Wildlife) division are getting ready to tackle forest fires, recognized to be frequent throughout summer season season.
“In 2020, over 200 incidents of forest fires took place in Chittoor East Wildlife division, spread over 1.93 lakh hectares, ” the Divisional Forest Officer, G.G. Narentheran, mentioned.
Awareness marketing campaign
He mentioned {that a} huge public consciousness marketing campaign had been launched within the division, to forestall forest fires. Over 100 individuals took half within the poster competitors with the theme ‘Forest fires, causes and prevention’, he mentioned, including that the posters can be displayed on the villages in coordination with the sector employees of gram/ward secretariats.
Causes
Mr. Narentheran mentioned that cattle herders, native villagers had been largely accountable for the forest fires as they burn the outdated grass to facilitate new development. He mentioned 99.99 p.c of forest fires was artifical, whereas sparks from the electrical overhead traces additionally set hearth to the forests. He mentioned that the fires killed hundreds of thousands of pollinators, bugs, mammals, birds, together with peacocks and rose-ringed parakeet, within the district.
The DFO sought the general public to cooperate with the forest officers by posting data on forest fires, together with pictures and placement, on Whatsapp quantity 9441632996. He mentioned punishment for acts of setting hearth beneath varied sub-clauses of Section 20 of the A.P. Forest Act would invite imprisonment from six months to two years.
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