Langol forest set blaze
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 01 2020:
Even as the State is being gripped by fear of novel coronavirus out-break and the 21-day lock- down that is crippling normal life, unknown miscreants burned about 50 hectares of Langol Reserved Forest today, said a source in the Forest Department.
According to the source, unknown miscreants have been burning Langol Reserved Forest area daily for the past few days.
Today, the forest officials found about 50 hectares of Langol Laimnai forest area burning.
Fire tenders were called in to put out the fire, said the source.
In the past few days, the forest officials have saved several areas of the forest from fire with the help of locals and Fire Department.
There have been at least five incidents of fire in areas under the Langol Reserved Forest, added the source.