Rayees Shah/ Shah Basit
The Sindh Forest Range and Mansbal Forest have suffered massive damage in the last one week due to continuous forest fire.
Officials told The Kashmiriyat that a massive fire engulfed the Sindh Forest Range in Kangan and Manasbal Range amid the dry weather causing extensive damage to flora and fauna.
Sources meanwhile said that in these six days, hundreds of trees turned into ashes, while the employees of the forest department are constantly fighting the fire to prevent it from spreading further.
They said that the fire is still going on at many compartments of Sindh forest Range and is spreading to more areas causing huge damage to trees.
“In Mansbal Range, Compartment 8/9 MBL is under fire from the last three days, while employees are engaged in fire extinguishers, but they do not have the best equipment due to which they have faced a lot of problems during dousing fire,” Sources told The Kashmiriyat.
Locals meanwhile have appealed forest officials to take immediate steps to control the wildfire.
The Kashmiriyat contacted Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ganderbal Mir Owais Ahmad who said that the employees of the Forest Department are trying their best to prevent the fire from spreading further.