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Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams across the State to control forest fires

in State News March 8, 2021 Comments Off on Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams across the State to control forest fires 461 Views

Bhubaneswar:8/3/21: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday ordered the deployment of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams across the State to control forest fires.

Earlier during the day, the Odisha government had formed a task force under the chairmanship of former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests  (PCCF) Sandip Tripathy to channelise the on-going action for containment of the massive forest fire in Similipal and other major forests in the State.

The high-level team includes the incumbent PCCF I/c Jitendra Kumar, PCCF Wildlife I/c Sashi Paul, Pankaj Agarwal, representative of DG, ICFRE Dehradun, head of Forest & Ecology, NRSC, Hyderabad, P K Mallick, J K Panigrahy and BijayAgrawal.The taskforce will be responsible for reviewing the present forest fire incidents, causes and immediate containment. Moreover, it will suggest measures for augmentation of existing fire management protocols including Geomatics based fire alert system.

“The forest fire in Similipal is now almost contained. The core area with precious wildlife has not been impacted much. The flames are mostly confined to the peripheral areas of the tiger reserve project. Animals in core area are safe,” said Tripathy.

According to reports as many as 18 places in northern parts of the Similipal are still on fire. The fire continues to spread to four forests under Gurugudia and three forests in Barehipani range.

The Similipal biosphere reserve which is home to Royal Bengal tigers supports 94 species of orchids and about 3,000 species of plants.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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