‘Government has taken Uttarakhand Fire Seriously; Rs. 5 Crore Allotted for Firefighting Efforts': Javadekar
The Government has taken the forest fire in Uttarakhand seriously.
Making a statement here today, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said
that Rs. 5 crore has been allotted for firefighting efforts and 6000
labourers have been deployed for firefighting efforts. The Centre has
also started from today, the trial-run of generating pre-fire alerts.
The following is the text of the statement by on the forest fire in Uttarakhand:
The Government and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change have taken the forest fire of Uttarakhand very seriously. Prime
Minister’s Office (PMO) has taken the fire very seriously and a meeting
was held yesterday. Home Ministry, NDRF and Air Force are guiding the
efforts. In the last month, fire has broken out in more than 1200
places and more than 1900 hectares of forest has been affected by the
fire.
In 2012, fire had broken out in more than 1300 places and more than
2000 hectares area was affected. These kind of forest fires break out
during the summer season. Our top forest officers, including Director
General of Forest are on-the-spot since yesterday. They have been
holding meetings and guiding local workforce.
Today, 6000 labourers have been deployed for firefighting. The
expenditure required for firefighting efforts will be granted.
Yesterday, we have granted Rs. 5 crore.
We have been issuing fire alerts since last year through satellite.
Today, we have started the trial-run of generating pre-fire alerts.
This is a new technology developed by our forest institutes. An SMS
will be immediately sent to the concerned departments.
Local television channels are running 30-second spots telling people
how to take care of such fires and how they can also contribute to
firefighting efforts.
We will study the reasons for such fires and come out with an action
plan on how to control them in future all over the country.
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