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With the increase in heat, incidents of forest fires have also started increasing. In the last 9 days, 15 incidents of forest fires have been recorded in 7 circles of the forest department. In these incidents, forest wealth on 113.85 hectares of land has been burnt to ashes. According to the Forest Department, three incidents of forest fires have been recorded in Bilaspur forest circle between 1 and 9 April.
Three incidents of fire have been recorded in Dharamshala forest circle, one in Great Himalayan National Park, one in Mandi, one in Nahan, two in Shimla and one in Solan circle. Due to the fire, forest wealth has been reduced to ashes on 30 hectares of land in Bilaspur circle.
Forest wealth has been reduced to ashes on 3.5 hectares of land in Dharamshala circle, 10 hectares in Great Himalayan National Park, 54 hectares in Mandi, 8 hectares in Nahan, 3.35 hectares in Shimla, 5 hectares in Solan. The time from April to July is considered to be highly sensitive for forest fires. About 70 percent of forest fire incidents are recorded in these months.
According to the Forest Department, 2,410 incidents of forest fire were recorded in the last summer season. In these, forest wealth on 30,788 hectares of land was reduced to ashes. Every year, the Forest Department makes many claims to prevent forest fires, but if we look at the data of the Forest Department, the incidents of forest fire have been increasing in the last few years.
