AlwarOne hour ago
The fire in the Sariska forest of Alwar for the last 45 hours is getting worse. The fire has spread to more than 20 km area of the forest. As the fire could not be brought under control, the forest department officials were in a tizzy. There are many tigers in the part of the forest where the fire is growing rapidly. Now help was sought from helicopter and aerial lift fire brigade to douse the fire. After this, two army helicopters that arrived on Tuesday morning have started dousing the fire. Helicopters are bringing water from Silisedh lake. So far, the helicopter has done 8 to 10 rounds. 40 to 50 thousand liters of water has been sprayed to douse the fire. Even after this the fire is increasing in the forest.
Officials said that more than 200 people, including the staff and villagers of three ranges of Sariska, Alwar and Dausa, are engaged in dousing the fire. Help has also been sought from the army. Many villages of Sariska have also been evacuated.
Naib Tehsildar Khemchand Saini said that according to the report received from Kanungo, more than 20 km area has come under fire till Tuesday morning. A fire broke out in the hills at Baleta Prithvipura Naka on Sunday. After this, efforts are being made to control the fire with the help of forest workers and villagers from around 8 pm on Sunday. But, till now the fire was not brought under control. The fire has spread to Narandi, Rotkyala and Baheri on Monday evening.
An attempt was made by the forest personnel to extinguish the fire with the help of fire line, but failed.
Sariska DFO Sudarshan Sharma says that due to the hilly area, there is a problem in climbing. Water is being supplied to those involved in extinguishing the fire. About 150 hectares of forest have been burnt by the fire. A fire line has been made at a distance of 500 to 1000 meters in the fire part.
This is a cub of ST-17. Two cubs were seen 21 days ago. Where there is fire, there is their territory.
Tiger ST-20, ST-17 and ST-14 in Narandi area, surrounded by fire
The place where the fire broke out in the Akbarpur range is a tiger nursery. There are about 25 tigers. That is the biggest danger. There was a continuous movement of tigress ST-17 on 26 March at Narendi Anicut here. Pugmarks were found and direct sighting was also done. He also has two cubs with him. Tigers ST-20 and ST-14 are roaming in the Rotkyala forest section. In such a situation, only the existing tiger and leopard are in danger, but it is a matter of concern that the most suitable forest to increase the population of Sariska is being destroyed in the fire.
By Monday night, the fire had reached most of the forest. Nearby people were alerted to leave the place on Monday morning.