The forest fireplace raging in Dzukou vary in Nagaland has been introduced underneath management with the assistance of the Indian Air Force helicopters, police, forest division and native volunteers, officers mentioned on Saturday.
The Dzukou vary by which the majestic Dzukou valley, a vacationer scorching spot in Nagaland is situated, caught fireplace on Tuesday afternoon.
Efforts to extinguish the wildfire in Dzukou vary continued for the fifth day on Saturday, sources mentioned. OSD of Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority, Johnny Raungmei mentioned that IAF choppers have been used to douse the hearth on Friday.
On the Nagaland aspect, it’s comparatively managed due to the safety measure taken by the Kohima District Disaster Management Authority together with personnel from forest, police, fireplace and emergency companies and volunteers from Southern Angami Youth Organisation.
The fireplace has additionally unfold to neighbouring Senapati district of Manipur.
“Based on the requisition by the state government, an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter equipped with Bambi bucket for firefighting was used in Dzukou valley near Kohima,” mentioned PRO (Defence) Kohima, Lt Col Sumit Okay Sharma.
The IAF choppers carried out recce on Thursday, mentioned Sharma, including that the mission continues to be on and it might proceed even on Saturday.
About the hearth being utterly doused, Raungmei mentioned, “We can’t rule out because as per the pilots there are multiple spots where the fire is burning”.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Kohima Rajkumar M mentioned that as per the most recent data from the Range Officer, Kohima, a stretch of about 5 km fireplace line has been reduce within the precedence space. As per the current state of affairs, the principle valley is secure from fireplace, he mentioned.
