Wildfires destroy 4, 500 hectares of forest in Ramechhap

Wildfires have destroyed 4, 500 hectares of forest in Ramechhap district in the past one month.

According to the Division Forest Office, Doramba Shailung Rural Municipality had faced maximum loss and damage.

Forest Officer Om Sagar Bhandari said fire incidents have so far caused damage to 155 community and leasehold forests.

Bio-diversity including wildlife species has been severely affected due to the fire in many forests. Two persons have lost their lives to forest fire in the district this year.

Meanwhile, local administration has been sensitizing the locals about the loss and damage from the forest fire.

The administration has called for local communities towards the preservation of forest and wildlife cautioning that legal action against setting fire in the forest will be taken under the criminal charge.