Three Forest Staffers including a Range Forest Officer (RFO), who suffered burn injuries while trying to extinguish fire that had broke out at Bandipur recently and were admitted to a private hospital in city for treatment on Feb. 19, have been discharged from the hospital on Feb. 27. The forest staff, who were discharged, are…
Aftermath of bandipur forest fire results in injured and scared animals and dry waterholes.
Mysureans have played good Samaritans by offering fruits, juices, water and snacks to Forest Department staff and volunteers engaged in dousing wild fire in Bandipur forest range. About 400 people are engaged in extinguishing the raging fire and the Forest Department Officials had pleaded for help as acute shortage of food and water was a…
Battling forest fires that have resurfaced at the Bandipur National Park, the Forest Department officials are at their wits end to contain the inferno that began on Feb. 18. Though they have claimed that the forest fire has been contained at Kalkare, Hediyala, Maleyur and Omkara, Kundkere, Gundre and N. Begur ranges, the latest wildfire…
A three-day- long operation ended today with the efforts of forest department personnel including the tribals and the local villagers.
The Bandipur forest fire which destroyed about 750 acres of forest area in N. Begur and Gundre regions was put off today morning after a three-day- long operation. The Forest Department personnel including the tribals, who began to work extensively to extinguish the fire from spreading to other parts of the forest due to gusty…
Bandipur inferno and aftermath Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai has assured that the State Government will take care of all medical expenses of forest staff who have been injured while dousing the forest fire at Bandipur. The assurance came when he visited the Apollo BGS Hospital in city this morning where…
Inferno spreads to N. Begur, Gundre ranges Counter-fire measures initiated; local villagers pitch in to extinguish flames The wildfire that broke out on Saturday in Kalkare range of Bandipur National Park which claimed the life of a forest guard is yet to be brought under control. The fire has now spread to N. Begur and…
At the 10th State Wildlife Board meeting in Bengaluru yesterday, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah lashed out at forest officials over the fire where a young guard lost his life, battling flames. When the issue of forest fire and the compensation for the guard was placed before him, Siddharamaiah lost his cool and expressed his dissatisfaction over…
Forest staff seek pay parity with Police. Aranya Bhavan premises in Ashokapuram in city was, yesterday, the venue for officials of the Forest Department to present a guard of honour to Forest Guard Murugesh alias Murigeppa Thammangol, who died while trying to douse the fire that broke out at Kalkare range Bandipur Tiger Reserve on…
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