Forest Fire In Western Ghats Worries Experts, Urge Government To Help Before It's Too Late

An early fire in the Western Ghats has troubled and shocked environmentalists about the climate change. People who have been watching the area too closely say that the fire in the Western Ghats is getting uglier every year.

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Although the environmentalists suspect that this could be a man-made disaster, especially encroachers, the fire has resulted in a lot of damage in the area, reducing the green belt drastically.

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The fire in last season happened in January, but this year it happened in December - generally what is deemed to be the best time to visit. The forest was reported by someone from Charmadi. The experts have called for a special and immediate intervention as this looks alarming.

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¡°We were shocked to notice the forest fire at Somanakaadu, Barimale at the Charmadi of the Western Ghats on Saturday. We suspect this to be a man-made disaster with an intention to encroach upon the land. The area falls between the Mudigere forest range in Chikkamgaluru and Belthangady in Dakshina Kananda."

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¡°This could probably be an attempt by the estate owners to increase their boundaries. We have received information that chemical spraying was in done on dry grassland and then it was set on fire. The impact of this act will be on the catchment areas, as heat will increase and the green cover will vanish. The crucial sensitive points of water flow are also affected. Such instances lead to ecological imbalance,¡± Dinesh Holla, convener, Sahyadri Sanchaya, told BM.

This region is an important place for the tributaries, which is why it's seeing so much tension. Its ecological richness and presence of ample of water resources have made it a major attraction for encroachers. As a result, several waterfalls have already vanished and many other interior regions are now being raided by estate owners.

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India already is largely affected by climate change and is one of the worsts, so far. An IMF reports suggest that we have been overusing, over exhausting and tampering our resources way too much above the limit. All of this underlines the immediate need of political reforms to save the country and eventually the planet we live on.