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Armed with the traditional practice of forest conservation with community participation since time immemorial, villagers of Phayeng in Manipur continue to protect their forests by all means.
Massive forest degradation caused by frequent forest fire in hill areas of Manipur is not only causing huge devastation not only to the environment and the ecology of the state, but also posing health risks and endangering all lives.
A wildfire broke out while people were paying floral tributes at the Martyr's Memorial Complex at Chingmeirong Cheiraoching, Imphal..
The Noney district administration released an order imposing a total ban on "illegal lighting/burning/kindling of fire on roads or paths adjoining or passing through reserved and protected forests".
Post-fire forest restoration is indispensable for maintaining the ecological integrity of forests and for the sustainability of affected forest landscapes.
Manipur Forest Minister Th Biswajit said that around 95 per cent of the wildfires are man-made.
Wildfire ravaged a forest in Thawai hill range which is located nearly 3 km away from the Thawai village.
A wildfire was seen blazing on the hill of Tendongyan in Sekmai area of Imphal West on Sunday evening around 6.30 pm.
Wildlife Explorers Manipur and Bird Count of India with the Forest Department, government of Manipur is organising the Bird Identification Workshop of three days till December 24.
The Jiribam Jiribam Forest Division and Fire Service, Jiribam took around two hours to extinguish and control a forest fire spanning five acres at a hill near NH-37 at Phaitol village of Tamenglong district.
Pointing out that wildfires have increased in the district causing large-scale destruction of forests, people in the region are warned that if the burning of trees continues, water supply sources will be adversely affected and there will be water crisis the district which is already reeling under acute shortage of water.
District forest officer Tamenglong Kh Hitler Singh warned that if the burning of trees continues, water supply sources will be adversely affected
A massive wildfire which reportedly burned a huge area of forest areas at Dailong village on Friday has been raging unabated and spreading further to other hill ranges in the district
Sources said that the wildfire is believed to have started from the Barak river side.
The fire broke out at the Prayer Mountain in the Gadai range of Tamenglong district in Manipur on Sunday evening.
The forest officials to be stationed at the reserved forest for about a month until the forest fire season comes to an end.
Biren said at the 187th Death Anniversary of Maharaj Gambhir Singh that the state government has started working on constructing a permanent structure at the two base camps of Dzukou Valley.
The CM opined that the TPO and SAPO should make all-out effort to arrive at an amicable settlement of the disputed area on the Nagaland and Manipur border.
It is likely to take a few days to bring the raging inferno under control as high velocity winds hamper fire-fighting work.
The Indian Army is providing its aviation base for launch of bambi bucket operations and coordinating ground support, air traffic control and air space management.
