Under the guidance of Forest and Climate Change Minister Shri Mohammad Akbar, the department is continuously monitoring the forest areas of the state for fire safety. In this connection, last day, under the leadership of Chief Conservator of Forests, Surguja Shri Anurag Srivastava, along with the forest divisional officers, along with the forest divisional officers, engaged themselves with the team in extinguishing the forest fire on the spot. Along with this, necessary advice is also being given for fire safety in forest areas. The elephant affected area of Lundra area of Surguja was inspected by the team of Chief Conservator of Forest Shri Srivastava last day. The villagers collecting Mahua there were advised not to set fire to the forests. After this, the fire in the Rajpur area of Balrampur was extinguished by the team taking prompt initiative. During this, DFO Sarguja Shri Pankaj Kamal and DFO Balrampur Shri Vivekanand Jha were also present. Chief Conservator of Forests Shri Srivastava also inspected Ramanujganj Ropani during his visit to the forest area and necessary directions were given to the departmental staff there. Toll free number 18002337000 has been set up in the control room at Aranya Bhawan, Raipur, Office of the Conservator of Forests, on which any person can report fire incidents. Similarly, in all the forest divisions also, a control room has been set up in the forest division offices for fire safety, from where fire incidents are being monitored continuously. According to the information received from the Forest Department, the fire season has started from 15th February and it is the priority of the department to save the forests from fire till 15th June 2022. While fire destroys the plants of natural reproduction, on the other hand the quality of wood of trees is also affected. Therefore, it is very important to protect the forests from fire. For fire safety, fire lines have been cut, cleaned and lit in all forest divisions. For protection from fire in forest areas, one fire guard has been appointed in all the betas from CAMPA item. Modern equipment fire blowers have been provided to the employees to extinguish forest fires. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading