No.157/2021-2022

Dated Serchhip, the 8th June, 2021: The Mizoram State Special Investigation Team on Forest Fire, headed by Mr. RS Sinha, IFS, Chief Conservator of  Forests (Administration), Mizoram along with all team members visited places where recent fires had broken out in Serchhip district today.

The Team visited Serchhip Chanmary area, and Dawngzawl area where two forest fires broke out and also inspected the areas over Thinglian from the nearby visible location due to its inaccessibility because of the recent monsoon rain. They looked into various circumstances of the forest fire occurrences, spoke with the local leaders with important queries in order to be better prepared in case of future outbreaks.

The SIT team had also conducted Virtual meeting with district authority and district level representatives of NGOs on 21st May, 2021.