Forests are burning in the state, government is busy in elections: Suresh Bhardwaj

The forest fire in Himachal is continuously taking a severe form. Due to forest fire, forest wealth is being damaged in Shimla and Solan as well as in various areas of the state. Bharatiya Janata Party’s former minister Suresh Bhardwaj, while addressing the press conference in Shimla, said that the forests of Himachal are burning due to incidents of fire in the state and if the state government is not aware of it, then it should ignore these incidents. Are doing. Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Sukhu, he said that despite having such a big ministry, he does not have a minister and despite the ministry being with the Chief Minister himself, he is insensitive to it. The people of the state do not need such a government and the Chief Minister should resign from his post for this negligence.

The forest department of the state government has many senior officials and despite having a large number of staff, such a condition of the forests had never happened before. The previous government has handed over vehicles full of facilities to the Forest Department and it is the responsibility of the government to use them. Apart from the damage to the forests due to fire, there is also a serious threat to the animals and the environment. He said that due to the fire, water sources are drying up, the flame of the burning forests of the state is also affecting the glaciers, which has posed a serious threat to the environment. Bhardwaj said that water, forests and land are our heritage, but every year there is a loss of crores of rupees due to forest fires. He has called it a serious challenge for the coming future.

Bhardwaj said that the Chief Minister is waiting for some big incident. They formed the government by making false declarations, guarantees and slogans but are unable to take care of the lives and property of their own MLAs and the public. He said that many animals are dying in the forests and the government is behaving insensitive, insensitive and irresponsible. The people of the state are suffering from fire, the forest wealth has been burnt to ashes. The Chief Minister should resign for this irresponsible act.

He said that in the last 15 to 20 days, fires broke out at 31 places in Himachal Pradesh. In this, pump house and PHC in Hamirpur were also set on fire. The forests of Solan have also been burning for the last one week, the fire broke out around the Kalka-Shimla track due to which four trains had to be stopped. Fires continue in the forests of Himachal Pradesh. Forest area on thousands of hectares of land has been damaged. Animals are becoming victims of fire. In 24 hours, 31 new incidents of fire were recorded in the forests of the state, in which a total of 302.98 hectares of forest area was damaged. A total of 9,480 hectares of forest area has been burnt so far, the number of fire incidents has reached 989. There is still more than half a month left for the fire season to end. A total of 9,480 hectares of forest area has been burnt so far this season. The Forest Department has registered six incidents of forest fire in Bilaspur Circle from Sunday evening to Monday evening. 1 case of forest fire has been reported in Chamba, 1 in Dharamshala, 2 in Hamirpur, 8 in Mandi, 5 in Nahan, 5 in Shimla, 1 in Rampur, 4 in Solan. Forest wealth has been destroyed in 73.39 hectares in Bilaspur Circle, 5 hectares in Chamba, 2 hectares in Dharamshala, 13 hectares in Hamirpur, 129.9 hectares in Mandi, 44 hectares in Nahan, 23.8 hectares in Shimla, 0.5 hectares in Rampur and 12 hectares in Solan. . In Solan, forest wealth worth lakhs was burnt to ashes and forest wealth worth lakhs was destroyed in the fire in the forests adjoining Subathu. The fire reached Chhaprauli village adjacent to the military area, causing chaos in the village. Due to all these incidents, there is again a disaster like situation in the state. First water caused havoc, now fire is hollowing out the state due to which the state government has lost its touch with the people. For the first time in its history, the state has got an inefficient and uncaring government.