Jamshedpur: In view of the rising incidents of man-animal conflict in Chakulia forest range, the Jamshedpur forest division has taken a slew of preventive measures, including distributing torch-lights among the van suraksha samitis and increasing the number of quick response teams (QRT) deployed in that range, among others.
On Sunday, the division distributed torch-lights among 40 van samitis spread across 40 villages that are located in the foothills of the elephant corridor in Chakulia. “More flashlights will be given to the samitis in the coming days,” Chakulia forest ranger Ashok Singh said.
The division has assured the van samiti volunteers that the number of QRTs will be increased to two. QRTs, which consists of six forest guards, rush to the spot immediately after receiving information about the movement of elephants in the foothills to drive the animals back to the forest. The van samiti volunteers assist the teams in chasing them away.
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Jamshedpur: With relaxation in the Covid guidelines, the management of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary (DWS) has decided to organise street plays to spread awareness among communities living in the premise on preventing forest fires. They said locals will be involved extensively to make the initiative a success.
“We have also decided to put up posters with awareness messages. Fire watchers have also been deployed at 21 different points who will coordinate with the local forest guards for quick response in dousing flames in the event of a forest fire. After receiving a fire alert SMS through the satellite of the Forest Survey of India, the forest guards will coordinate with the quick response teams for action,” said Dalma DFP Abhishek Kumar.
Updated Feb 20, 2021 | 16:25 IST
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During the pandemic in India more than 2.6 million trees were planted in India, providing rural employment during the pandemic
Plantation drives were carried out with the employment of local communities on tracts of deforested community land across the country
The plantation drives also improved the environment in tangible ways
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