Fire in most of the forests of Myagdi

On Monday only, Barahpakho Community Forest in Beni Municipality-7 and 8 Wards, Torakhet Forest in Beni Municipality-2 and 3, Bolorani Forest in Beni Municipality-3, Aladanda-Community Forest in Mangala Rural Municipality-4 and Doa in Annapurna Rural Municipality-1 According to the division forest office, there is a fire in Salza, Khop, Mahbhir, Jukepani, Bhurdung community forest of community forest, Ward No. 6.

The fire that broke out 5 days ago in the forests of Aladanda and Annapurna Rural Municipality and Ghar in Mangla Rural Municipality has not yet been extinguished. Since the beginning of February, at least 55 community forests in the district have been on fire in more than 1,000 areas, according to the Division Forest Office. According to the office, there is no record of the fires in the national forest and grazing areas under the mountains.

'Almost all the Bhir and adjacent forests near the settlement have been blackened by the fire. From the settlement to the upper pastures, the area also looks black. Many efforts have been made to stop the practice of setting fires, but we have not been able to do so, said Chandramani Sapkota, Forest Officer of the Division Forest Office. The forest division office's residential area has been hit by fire.'

Officer Sapkota added, 'Somewhere in the upper Himalayan area, hunters are setting fire, but in Bhirpakha near the lower settlements, it is the villagers who are setting fire to the forest.' Despite spending millions on various topics to control the fire, there has been no effect on the control of the fire.

The forest office has given a reward to the community forest group that works effectively in fire control to spread awareness against forest fire, mobilize community forest fire control, food and water expenses for the people working in fire control, and 10 million more expenses are limited to paper. is . To control forest fires, one district level and all 6 sub-divisions at the local level Although the office has formed a fire control network, it is limited to paper.

The air pollution has increased due to the smoke of forest, Pakha and Bhir fires and the dust blown by vehicles on unpaved roads. According to the air pollution measurement, 125 PM pollution has been observed in the air of Beni. This measurement shows the unhealthiness of the air .

Similarly, according to the records of the Forest Division office, 36.76 percent of the area of ​​29,706 hectares of the district is forest, 1.85 percent is bush, and 21.27 percent is pasture.

Dhorpatan Sikar Reserve occupies 1 thousand 260 hectares, ACAP occupies 3 thousand 753 hectares of forest area . Among the 79 thousand 439 hectares of forests managed by the Forest Office, 24 thousand 2 hundred 2 hectares of forests are being managed through 310 community forest user groups. There are about 5 hectares of kavuliat, religious and private forest. All the rest are national forests.

'Even though there are various programs to control forest fires, they have not been implemented effectively' Forest Officer Sapkota added, 'We don't even have a good record of forest fires. We have assigned staff. But the notification did not come . Since there is a national forest much higher than the settlement, there are challenges in controlling it.

The biggest forest fire occurred in the forest area of ​​Myagdi Patti Lulang and Gurja gavis of Dhorpatan Sikar Reserve for one month and 17 days from 1st Baisakh 2050. As this forest fire has destroyed nearly 800 hectares of forest, only a forest of dry trees can be seen. Not even new plants have grown.

In this dry forest, there was a terrible fire again in 069 June. Efforts were made to mobilize the army to control the fire that lasted for 15 days, but it was not successful as it spread over a large area in remote mountainous areas. This fire was brought under control after it started raining .

Similarly, in the year 2045, a large area of ​​the forest of Sikh, Histan, Ramche and Parbat's Bhukdeurali gavis of Myagdi, under the world's largest forest of Laliguras, was burnt by the flames brought by the wind from Mustang.