Forest fires kill Flora and Fauna

With the rising temperatures, the incidents of forest wild fires are on the rise in the old Adilabad district. 

Forest fires take place naturally and were also man made sometimes. These forest fires are not only destroying the valuable forest but also affects the flora and fauna and kill the forest animals.

Temperatures are being recorded as high as 35  Degree Celsius much before the onset of the summer unlike last year in the old Adilabad district.

Incidents of forest burning and smoke coming out have become common in the old Adilabad for the last 15 days since temperatures started soaring. 

In some places, forest staff burning piled up dry leaves to prevent forest fires from spreading to neighboring areas.

A senior Forest Rage Officer (FRO) of Adilabad who doesn’t want to reveal his identity said it was difficult for them to put off the forest that took place deep in the forests or on the top of the hills and added that at the most they can create awareness among the people against the forest fires and their effects on the forest and flora and fauna.

One can see forest fires in the night times with huge flames in the bypass road of Nirmal and Mahboobghats, Kerameri ghats and Gandi Mysamma temple area in Kadam mandal in the old area. One can see forest fires along the National High way -44. Smoke emanates from the forests in the daytime after the flames put off naturally after destroying the forest in large areas.

The state government which talks much about the planting trees and protecting them to create 30 percent green cover has no specific measures to prevent forest fires.

The forest staff should burn the piled up dried up leaves especially road said to avoid the danger of passersby thrown the buts of cigarette without putting them off resulted in the forest fires as they catch the fire easily with the dried up leaves.

Rarely forest staff reaches to the place where forest fire takes place on knowing or seeing them in the night time to put off or control the fire from spreading to neighboring places.

The forest department has no specific mechanism to deal with the forest fires, especially during the summer and forest staff, often face difficulty in reaching the interior place where forest fires takes place.