Bandipur fire: Report wants forest fires be declared national disaster
- | Monday | 25th March, 2019
TimesView The report by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on the blaze in Bandipur in February makes useful recommendations: If forest fires are declared a national disaster, the Centre would have to draw up guidelines and provide funding to combat such calamities. Repeated burning of fire lines in vulnerable area will reduce the fuel load,” it added.The report also calls for a comprehensive fire management plan for the tiger reserve. “Currently, almost all the office and field work has to be carried out by the field director. Additionally, 2,200km of well-maintained fire lines would certainly help protect tigers in the reserve. “The existing fire lines should be digitised in geographic information system (GIS) domain to plan fire management activities.
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