Raging fire engulfs Kakching Mamang Ching
Source: The Sangai Express
Kakching, April 19 2023:
A massive fire is raging at Kakching Mamang Ching (hill) range even as hectic efforts to control it are underway, at least till the time this report is being filed late in the evening today.
Believed to be started by some miscreants, the fire has spread over more than 2-3 kilometres to cover almost the entire range of Mamang Ching, said reports from the ground received at around 8.40 pm.
Kakching police, fire service and forest personnel along with villagers and owners of land on Mamang Ching are engaged in the efforts to control the fire, said reports.
Members of Laipham Lotnung Kakching's Fidelity Horticulture cum Sugarcane Growers' Co-operative Society Ltd, Laiching villagers and members of Salai Kakching are also engaged in the effort.
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Meanwhile, Fidelity Horticulture cum Sugarcane Growers' Co-operative Society Ltd has strongly condemned the burning of Mamang Ching and said this forest fire happens during April-May every year.
According to the society, the fire started from Sora side of the hill range.
Urging people to shun such activities that destroy the green cover and damage farmland and properties, the society appealed to the Government and all its agencies including the police, forest and fire service to take up measures to curb forest fire and arrest all involved.
Encouraging afforestation, the society said the incidents of forest fire is unfortunate and saddening and such activities have adverse impacts on the environment and climate.
It sought strong action against people who started the fire at Mamang Ching.