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Meet Moirangthem Loiya, the man who transformed barren land to lush forest in Manipur

Posted on November 15, 2022 - 9:38am by UT Desk
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Imphal: Moirangthem Loiya, a 47-year-old man in Manipur’s capital Imphal has converted barren land into a 300 acre forest with a wide variety of plant species in the last 20 years. In an interview, titled Punshilok: The Spring of Life (MyGov Manipur) … Continue reading →

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Massive Forest Fire in Mizoram, Spreads to Towns and Villages

Posted on April 25, 2021 - 10:45pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Massive forest fires have broken out in several parts of Mizoram damaging vast tracts of land and vegetation focing Chief Minister Zoramthanga to seek central help, an official of the state disaster management and rehabilitation department said on Sunday. Lunglei … Continue reading →

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Forest fire crisis flares up Ukhrul: A fortune worth more than the total economy of Ukhrul is burned to ashes every year

Posted on April 8, 2021 - 1:27pm by UT Desk
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The recent Shirui peak fire has raised an alarm for several groups of people. It ended only after humanintervention and luckily with changing weather conditions on the third day. It lies 5,680-8,500 ft above the sea level and home to … Continue reading →

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Intervention through technological means to prevent forest fire: Meghalaya government

Posted on March 30, 2021 - 10:16am by UT News Service
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The Meghalaya Forest and Environment department is coming up with many interventions involving technologies to prevent forest fires in the state. “We want to bring in a certain technology that would be able to at least detect such kinds of … Continue reading →

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Manipur Forest department takes measures to prevent forest fires

Posted on March 27, 2021 - 5:30am by UT News Service
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Noting a serious recent series of forest fires in the state, Manipur Forest department on Friday sought the help of all sections of the society to join hands to prevent forest fires. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of the state … Continue reading →

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