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    Forest Wildfire: Everything About Uttarakhand Wildfire

    By Parth ShuklaMay 28, 2020
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    Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Uttarakhand Wildfire has made the situation difficult for the people to deal with. For the past week, the state has been dealing with heavy wildfire spread across the forest. 




    [5] Everything To Know About Uttrakhand Wildfire

    As per the ground reports, people in the Uttarakhand have had to deal with 46 wildfire which have affected over 51.34 hectares of forest land. This has put a majority part of the terrestrial wildlife species into the red circle. 

    The Kumaon and Pauri Garhwal region are the two worst-hit regions in the area. A total of 21 instances have been reported in this area. Until now, two people have been reported dead and one in critical burning condition.

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    When asked about what the state is planning against the wildfire, Dr. S.S. Negi, former Director-General of Forests with the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change told that sprinkling chemicals have been avoided due to further contamination.




    These forest areas meet major state water bodies down the way. And the chemical wash-off could result in more severe situations for the nearby villages. The estimated losses have been estimated to be around Rs 1.32 lakh.

    Dr. Negi also discussed some after-effects of the wildfire in the state. As by this, soil retention capacity will be highly affected that will experience strong erosion in the upcoming monsoon. As for the flora, it could take 2-3 years to regenerate. 

    This would be leaving the essential microorganisms taking more time to develop again. Adding to the after-effects, Dr. Negi also told us about the sources of the wildfire and how to prevent such sources. 

    From the statistics, the high concentration of the Chir pine trees has caused the wildfire. These needle-like structures accumulate on the ground, leaving them open to scratch or rubbing against each other. 

    Such trees have a high content of the resin in them which makes them highly flammable. Experts suggest that replacing Chir Pine with mono-culture pines, or with a broad-leaved plantation could be a long-term solution to the ongoing wildfire. 

    In 2018 alone, the state reported 264 fire spread cases in total. This number rose to 1,170 incidents in 2019. And now, 2020 has already seen a drop back in the calamities, the officials are hopeful that there could be less damage from the wildfire in 2020.

    This could be from the medium rainfall experienced in the early months. Also, there is a high moisture content in the air which can also contract the wildfire. That will be a relief to the government as it is already dealing with a lot right now.

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    But in all this a sudden rise in the number of fake news also rose up and while the situation is quite under control, it was made to seem like another tragedy that have hit in 2020. People started creating social media posts and blogs about the same. Demanding that why a good amount of attention is not given to the matter.

    https://www.facebook.com/uttrakhandforestdepartment/posts/2829875443906685

    The forest fires are actually quite common in the hilly areas like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and they’ve been happening ever since. This is a cause of concern but it doesn’t mean that we should spread fake news such as these.




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