Setting Aside Environmental Concerns, J&K Govt Clears Transfer of Land for Ujh Project
The geography-altering project is being constructed at a cost of Rs 9,167 crore on Ujh, a tributary of the Ravi river, for which 4,350 hectares of land has been identified by the J&K administration in Jammuâs Kathua district.
Representational image of river Ravi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
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Srinagar: Setting aside grave environmental concerns, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has set the ball rolling to transfer hundreds of hectares of eco-fragile forest land for the construction of the strategic Ujh multipurpose project in the Jammu region.
Daltonganj: Officials of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) said on Wednesday that the rise in temperature has increased the chances of fire breaking out in the protected area.
The deputy director (South division) of the PTR, Mukesh Kumar, said, they have so far received 200 fire alerts since February 15 in the tiger reserve through satellite images provided by the Forest Survey of India. He added that this number is higher than usual. “More episodes of fire occur as westerly winds gain momentum. The fire season in the tiger reserve begins from the second week of February and continues till the onset of rains in June,” he said.
Similipal fires: Who should manage the national park – Adivasis or the forest department?
Data suggests that the areas where locals have forest rights are the least damaged by wildfire. Mar 17, 2021 · 01:30 pm The timely intervention by the villagers stopped the spread of the inferno in Gudgudia gram panchayat, a Community Forest Rights area, inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve. | Pragati Prava/ Mongabay India
As Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Odisha burned over the past month, the debate over whether ownership of the park should be in the hands of the forest department or the local community, came to the fore.
Forest fires contained and controlled in Odisha ANI | Updated: Mar 15, 2021 08:05 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): The Odisha government on Sunday claimed that the forest fire situation in the state is totally contained and controlled . The forest fire situation across Odisha including Similipal National Park as on Sunday is totally contained and controlled, a government release stated.
The Similipal National Park fire has been raging for almost a month and continues to rage the forest area, according to a statement from the Chief Minister s Office (CMO) earlier this month.
The release yesterday further informed: There is no continuous fire in the state as of now. This has been possible because of immediate and proactive steps taken by the government to check and control forest fire in the state and massive inhibited support of local communities who have come all out and assisted the forest officials in fire extinguish
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