Fire breakers to fight forest fire

SURUNGA, March 4: The Kankai community forest at Surunga in Jhapa district has constructed fire-breaker pits and path around the forest area for preventing bush fire following an upsurge in wild fires in the forest area.



An eight-kilometer-long pit and path has been constructed around the forest at a total cost of Rs. 320,000.[break]



The forest users’ committee dug the pit and the path around the forest to stop the bush fire from spreading.

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