Telangana : The Telangana State Forest Department and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF India) are jointly conducting awareness programs on the dangers of forest fire. In the first phase, a conference was held on prevention of fire hazards for forest department officials and staff working at field level in Amrabad and Kawal Tiger Reserve. Dr. Jayashree Ratnam from National Center for Biological Sciences-Bangalore conducted an awareness conference on forest fire and management practices at Amrabad Tiger Reserve area, Acchampeta.
In this conference, Dr. Jayashree Garu said be proactive in forest fire prevention. The area of Nallamala forest is called mesic savanna, which has trees and wide pastures. He said that the environment here is in deciduous forests with low rainfall. It is stated that forest fire hazards (Karchichu) are raging due to human intervention and natural causes. Although forest fires are dangerous, control burning in a limited area is useful for the forest, he said. It is suggested that this will be useful in the development of new biological diversity in the forests, instead of worrying about the fire itself, the forest officials should work in coordination to control the fire step by step so that excessive damage can be avoided. The use of technology and modern machinery in the case of forest fires was discussed in the meeting. He said that the people living in the villages and habitats near the forest should be alerted regularly, passengers should be prevented from lighting cigarettes, throwing bidis and cooking on the roads passing through the forests, and they should be properly educated. Senior Project Officer Dr. Ashok Kumar, Senior Education Officer Mr. Akbar Sharif, Mr. Yogesh Pasul, Anti-Poaching Flying Squad FDO Mr. Srinivas, Range Officers Mr. Aditya, Mr. Rajender, Mr. Ishwar, Mr. Sarath Chandra, Mr. Veeresham, Mr. Mujeeb Ghori, Mr. Kasanna, Amrabad from WWF-India participated in this event. The, forest department staff of Qawwal Tiger Reserve Circles participated.
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Bharat Reddy
Telangana
