TIMERGARA: The fire that broke out in forests in Talash Valley on Monday evening was brought under control after 48 hours following hectic efforts made by officials of Forest Department, Lower Dir, an official said on Tuesday.
The fire engulfed hundreds of pine trees in the forest spreading over about four kilometres area. Talking to The News by phone, Divisional Forest Officer, Lower Dir, Muhammad Farooq claimed that the inferno may have caused by the dry twigs of pine trees.
He added that officials of the Forest Department along with the local community and schoolchildren doused the fire after hectic efforts. “Today I visited the Government High School Shamshi Khan Talash and thanked the principal Aftab Alam for sending students who helped the officials to extinguish the fire,” Muhammad Farooq said.
He added that 100 personnel of the Levies force and 100 volunteers of the Civil Defence would stay on the spot till morning to oversee the situation. Muhammad Farooq said probe would be conducted into the matter to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Gohar Ijaz says burden of negligence of government departments in the IPPs case was being put on the public
The discussions focused on significant strides made by Pakistan in improving its macroeconomic indicators by focused...
A single bench, comprising Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh, heard petition filed by wife of PTI founder
Co-curricular activities regarding August 14 celebrations shall continue in letter and spirit
At beginning of hearing at 10 o'clock, lawyers were not present in court
“There’s a difference between censorship and regulating ,” says Talal Chaudhry