New Delhi: In the wake of a forest hearth raging in Odisha’s Simlipal National Park for over per week, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday stated a committee of consultants is being sent to help the state authorities manage such incidents within the area.
Announcing it on Twitter, Javadekar additionally stated he met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and different parliamentarians from Odisha concerning the forest hearth.
A large hearth has ripped by means of huge tracts of Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district and different wildlife habitats close by, elevating concern amongst wildlife and environmental activists over its attainable influence.
The Odisha authorities on Tuesday claimed that no life was misplaced within the forest blaze and that 95 per cent of the hearth factors have been extinguished or at the least attended to.
“Today, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and other MPs from Odisha met me regarding forest fire in Simlipal National Park and nearby. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is sending a committee of experts to Odisha to give technical advise and help out the state forest department in effective management of forest fire incidents in the region,” Javadekar tweeted on Wednesday.
He stated the consultants will coordinate with groups deployed on the bottom and help in dousing the blaze successfully.?
“The experts will work in coordination with the deployed team for an early and effective dousing of fire. Will be reviewing the situation with my team at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on a daily basis,” he stated in one other tweet.Â
