Moderate to light rainfall over the last three to four days has doused the threat of forest fire in Bandipur and Nagarahole for the year.
This has brought relief to the authorities who were on the edge for more than three months since February when the forests became bone-dry due to the prevailing weather conditions of intense heat accompanied by heatwave during April and the first week of May.
‘’This was one of the longest and the harshest summers that we faced this year but fortunately, there have been no major incidents of forest fires and the threat has passed,’’ said Ramesh Kumar, Conservator of Forests, Project Tiger.
