A fire line has been constructed in the Srinagardanda forest for fire control by Division Forest Office Palpa with the help of security personnel and forest users.
A fire line was constructed in the forest area of Srinagar with the participation of more than 200 Nepalese army, police, armed police, local consumers, and forest staff. Narayandev Bhattarai, Head of Division Forest Office, said that flammable substances were cleaned at the same place. "We believe that this program will be more effective when the Forest Fire Week is also being celebrated," he said. To control the fire, the army's famous Mahindra Dal, police, armed police force, local forest users, employees of Divisional Forest Office and others were deployed in cleaning the fire line.
Last year, there were three severe fires in Srinagardanda. If there is a fire in Srinagardanda, it will be controlled from the bottom of the fire line to the lower area. A fire line has been built in the middle of the forest so that if there is a fire above that, it can be controlled. "Through this, consumers can also be alerted and control will also be practiced," he said.
Divisional Forest Office has instructed all community forest officers, consumers, concerned agencies to participate in the campaign for public awareness and fire control, said Divisional Forest Chief Bhattarai. Chief District Officer Toynarayan Subedi said that in order to prevent the occurrence of fires and fires, all the police stations in the villages should work together with forest users and local residents to build fire lines and collect leaf litter. "It seems that the awareness that you should not use firewood should reach the consumers," he said, "This year too, there have been three big firewood incidents."
Chief District Officer Subedi informed that there has been a severe drought in the forests of Deurali and Khyaha of Ribdikot, Darlamdanda of Bagnaskali rural municipality, Khanigaon Tankichour area. Out of 81 wards of 10 local levels, 39 wards are at high risk of forest fires. 26 wards are medium and 16 wards are at low risk. According to the Division Forest Office, 96 percent of the forest fires in the district are human-caused. . According to Division Forest Office, Palpa, 64 percent of the loss is caused by hunting and 32 percent by hunting.
Even though a campaign has been conducted to reduce the environmental and human damage caused by the fire, it has not been effective. Last year alone there were more than 400 fire incidents. Although there were no human casualties, more than 40 houses and sheds were burnt.
The Division Forest Office has said that not only in the headquarters but also in the rural areas, fire line construction, publicity and awareness campaigns have been conducted. Khil Bahadur Tamang, Information Officer of the Division Forest Office, said that under the campaign, the village police post and the local forest office are working to remove flammable material leaves near the settlements, draw fire lines, remove apples kept near houses, distribute public awareness materials and manage dried leaf leaves. According to the Division Forest Office, 86 community forests in the district are at high risk of fire.
