Theni forest fire A panic call to Collector and a flurry of activities that saved many lives

Описание: Theni forest fire: A panic call to Collector and a flurry of activities that saved many lives.
It was around 4.15 p.m on Sunday that Pallavi Baldev, who had taken charge as Theni Collector recently, received a call from a woman, who was part of a trekking group, informing her that she had just escaped from a wildfire near Kurangani and there were many stranded there.

“I do not know how she got my number. However, that call saved a lot of time since the information reaching me through other channels might have caused much delay,” Ms. Pallavi told The Hindu. In another happenstance, she was somewhere closer to Kurangani at that time to attend an awareness campaign in a village on wildfire.

“Wildfire in that region, although not exactly at the same hill, has been an issue for more than a week. Forest department would douse them or they themselves would get doused and then it will start again at a different place. Hence, for the past one week, we had launched a series of activities to address the issue,” Ms. Pallavi added.
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