Sundarbans Fire: Fire doused after 30 hours
File photo: Collected
Partha Chakrabortty, Bagerhat
Partha Chakrabortty, Bagerhat
After 30 hours of frantic efforts, the fire at the Sundarban s (East Forest Range) Sharankhola Range was extinguished around 5:00pm yesterday.
The fire service officials, forest department members, community patrol group (CPG) volunteers, and locals jointly conducted operations to douse the fire that broke out on Monday noon.
The authorities, however, were yet to confirm the damage caused by the fire.
According to locals, at least five acres of forest were destroyed in the Daser Varani area inside the forest because of the fire.
On February 8 this year, three decimals of forest land were gutted by another fire in Chandpai Ranch of the forest. In the last 20 years, at least 25 cases of fire were reported in the Sundarban.
Bagerhat Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 05 May 2021 02:26 AM BdST
Updated: 05 May 2021 02:26 AM BdST
The fire that broke out in the Daser Bharani Patrol Camp area under Sharonkhola range in the Sundarbans has finally been doused after 30 hours. );
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It came completely under control on Tuesday afternoon before burning down trees in 1.31 acres of forest land, said Mohammad Belayet Hossain, a divisional forest officer.
The Forest Department and the Fire Service and Civil Defence could not determine the cause behind the fire incident. The Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel trying to put out a fire in the Daser Bharani Patrol Camp area under the Sundarbans mangrove forest’s Sharonkhola range on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Fire breaks out at Sundarbans Sharankhola Range
Fire at Sundarbans Sharankhola Range. Photo: Collected
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
A fire broke out at Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division today.
A unit of Sharankhola Fire Service and Civil Defense Station as well as the forest department are working together to bring the fire under control, reports our Bagerhat correspondent quoting a forest official.
The fire might have originated due to high weather temperature, said Abdul Mannan, Sharankhola station officer of the Sundarbans East Forest Division.
The fire broke out around 12:00 pm today, said Mohammad Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Forest Department.
BenarNews
The roadway portion of the massive China-backed Padma Bridge, which links Dhaka with southern Bangladesh, has been delayed another year because of coronavirus-linked labor shortages and will not open until June 2023, Bangladesh government officials said Wednesday.
The delay is the latest for the 6-km (3.7-mile) dual-purpose span – Bangladesh’s largest-ever infrastructure project, which began in 2015. After crews placed the final span on the vehicular section of the double-decker bridge in December, officials said that portion was expected to open next year, followed by the rail portion in 2024.
“We had a plan that the prime minister would open the bridge for traffic in June 2022 and had hoped the road portion would be fully complete,” said Mohammed Belayet Hossain, secretary for the Bridges division under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. “But we need one more year before its inauguration.
Chopping a branch you’re sitting on
Humans are primarily to blame for causing an alarming rise in forest fires at the Sundarbans, finds a probe committee
A forest fire being doused with water in the Sundarbans. Frequency of such manmade fires is on the rise in the world’s largest mangrove forest. Photo: Collected
Incidents of ever-increasing manmade forest fires at the Sundarbans are endangering the unique ecology that thrives in the world s largest mangrove forest the shield against natural calamities in the country s south-western coast.
Between March 2002 and February 2021, there have been 24 forest fires in the eastern part of the Sundarbans alone. The fires burned down various trees, grasses and herbs on 71 acres and 70 decimals of land in the forest.