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Nagaland selected for forest fire mitigation scheme
Published on Jan 30, 2025
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- KOHIMA — A High-Level Committee (HLC), under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the Mitigation Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management—to be implemented across 144 high-priority districts in 19 states, including Nagaland—at a total outlay of INR 818.92 crore, out of which central share from NDMF & NDRF will be INR 690.63 crore.
- The primary objective of the scheme will be to implement a mitigation project for transforming the forest fire management approach in the country so as to strengthen and support vital forest fire prevention and mitigation activities.
- The 19 selected states are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttarakhand.
- They will submit their respective proposals undertaking necessary activities for mitigation of forest fires, preparedness for forest fire response as well as for post-fire assessment and recovery.
- In Nagaland, the number of forest fires detected by Forest Survey of India using MODIS from November 2023 to June 2024 was 761.
- The number of forest fires detected by FSI using SNPP-VIIRS sensors from November 2023 to June 2024 was 2,609. This includes large, continuous and repeated forest fires.
- About 3 % of Nagaland’s total forest cover and scrub or 385.65 kilometres is “very highly fire prone” while 22.80% of the total forest cover and scrub or 2,938 km is “highly fire prone”.
Nagaland Districts
