<p class="title">The Forest department is getting ready to protect the Nagarahole National Park from forest fire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The workers are clearing the weeds on both sides of the road by the Mathigodu, Mavakal and Devamacchi forests. The weeds grown around a 50-metre radius by the road have been burnt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both the sides of the Hunsur-Virajpet inter-state highway have been cleaned, from Tithimathi Majjigehalla to Allooru. Also, both the sides of the Piriyapattana-Aanechowkur highway have been cleared of weeds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Owing to the rain in the month of November, there is still moisture in the soil. As a result, the weeds and grass inside the forest have not dried. The officials are bracing up early with fire lines to prevent forest fire,” said Shivananda Lingani, Mathigodu range forest officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The Mavakal and Devamacchi Reserve Forest come under the Wildlife Division. The forest line will be taken up by the wildlife division,” said Ashok Hunugunda, Tithimathi range forest officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Watchtowers have been constructed at strategic locations to trace instances of forest fire. A team has been deployed to go around the forests and extinguish such fire immediately,” said officials.</p>
<p class="title">The Forest department is getting ready to protect the Nagarahole National Park from forest fire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The workers are clearing the weeds on both sides of the road by the Mathigodu, Mavakal and Devamacchi forests. The weeds grown around a 50-metre radius by the road have been burnt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both the sides of the Hunsur-Virajpet inter-state highway have been cleaned, from Tithimathi Majjigehalla to Allooru. Also, both the sides of the Piriyapattana-Aanechowkur highway have been cleared of weeds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Owing to the rain in the month of November, there is still moisture in the soil. As a result, the weeds and grass inside the forest have not dried. The officials are bracing up early with fire lines to prevent forest fire,” said Shivananda Lingani, Mathigodu range forest officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The Mavakal and Devamacchi Reserve Forest come under the Wildlife Division. The forest line will be taken up by the wildlife division,” said Ashok Hunugunda, Tithimathi range forest officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Watchtowers have been constructed at strategic locations to trace instances of forest fire. A team has been deployed to go around the forests and extinguish such fire immediately,” said officials.</p>