By Sunil Sonker
Mussoorie, 15 Apr: Famous writer Ruskin Bond communicated a message, today, to the people about forest fires and said that all people should cooperate with the forest department to prevent them.
The Uttarakhand Forest Corporation is continuously working under various schemes to prevent forest fires in Uttarakhand. Work is being done on the instructions of higher officials to make people aware about forest fires.
DFO, Mussoorie, Amit Kanwar is trying to make people aware by meeting various famous personalities in this regard. As part of this, officials of the forest department met famous writer Ruskin Bond and asked him to give a message to the people about forest fires.
Ruskin Bond said that he has been living in Mussoorie for the last 50 years. Forest fires are not a new thing, it happens every year in the summer season. He said that, from April to June, there is no sign of rain and the temperature increases a lot, due to which forest fires occur, causing huge losses to forest wealth and animals. He said that some forest fires happen suddenly. There can be some negligence and many human reasons as well. He said that Uttarakhand has a very large forest area, and he wants that the forests should not be harmed in any way. All people will have to cooperate with the forest department.
He recalled that, last year, when fires could not be controlled in California, its effect was felt in Los Angeles, and more than half of Los Angeles was destroyed. He said that once again the summer season is going to start, due to which there is a possibility of forest fires. All people should be alert about this, and the forest department should make every possible effort to prevent forest fires. He said that the weather cycle should run in the right direction so that it starts raining in the month of July. With this the damage caused by forest fires can be minimised.
