PERNEM: A huge fireplace raging for hours on a vast plateau, once considered to be the site for a greenfield airport, devastated hectares of cashew plantations belonging to farmers in Arambol, Paliem and Keri in Pernem from Sunday midday until night time.
The blaze, which started at the plateau’s northern Keri aspect and gutted hundreds of cashew different fruit bushes and plants, caused massive losses to the farmers.
However, the entire amount of the wear is but to be calculated. The reason behind the fire may be no longer known.
Hundreds of bushes, timber, grasses, ferns, birds, animals and reptiles had been diminished to ashes at the patch of the land so large in dimension that the other end is not visible to the naked eye. A large number of birds had been observed soaring over the raging flames spread throughout hectares of land as their nests and eggs had been burnt into flames.
In Paliem, about 40 farmers, together with girls, and kids battled the fire themselves, as fireplace tenders have no highway connectivity to achieve the web site. One has to commute no less than 40 minutes both from Keri, Paliem or Arambol to make it to the spot.
“We cut big sticks and branches and beat dry grass to get rid of the fire, however without water, helmets and gloves, we simplest burnt ourselves,” said a farmer.
After greater than seven hours of combating the fire, the villagers had to give up the operation after sunset. The farmers, who returned house after darkness set in, feared that the blaze would possibly spread and cause additional harm to the plantations.
A an identical episode had befell a couple of years ago when almost the entire plateau were gutted.
“We suspect sabotage to spoil our cashew plantations. Or, it may be some vacationers who pass to the plateau to enjoy the view from it and smoke there. Such incidents never used to occur right through our early life, however we're witnessing this for the reason that last 8 years,” said Shantaram Naik, 65, whose cashew plantations have been gutted consecutively for the last 5 years. “It was once very frightening up there combating the fire with bare tree timber. We tried our highest however it could no longer be totally doused as the affected space is huge,” said a neighborhood from Keri.
The blaze, which started at the plateau’s northern Keri aspect and gutted hundreds of cashew different fruit bushes and plants, caused massive losses to the farmers.
However, the entire amount of the wear is but to be calculated. The reason behind the fire may be no longer known.
Hundreds of bushes, timber, grasses, ferns, birds, animals and reptiles had been diminished to ashes at the patch of the land so large in dimension that the other end is not visible to the naked eye. A large number of birds had been observed soaring over the raging flames spread throughout hectares of land as their nests and eggs had been burnt into flames.
In Paliem, about 40 farmers, together with girls, and kids battled the fire themselves, as fireplace tenders have no highway connectivity to achieve the web site. One has to commute no less than 40 minutes both from Keri, Paliem or Arambol to make it to the spot.
“We cut big sticks and branches and beat dry grass to get rid of the fire, however without water, helmets and gloves, we simplest burnt ourselves,” said a farmer.
After greater than seven hours of combating the fire, the villagers had to give up the operation after sunset. The farmers, who returned house after darkness set in, feared that the blaze would possibly spread and cause additional harm to the plantations.
A an identical episode had befell a couple of years ago when almost the entire plateau were gutted.
“We suspect sabotage to spoil our cashew plantations. Or, it may be some vacationers who pass to the plateau to enjoy the view from it and smoke there. Such incidents never used to occur right through our early life, however we're witnessing this for the reason that last 8 years,” said Shantaram Naik, 65, whose cashew plantations have been gutted consecutively for the last 5 years. “It was once very frightening up there combating the fire with bare tree timber. We tried our highest however it could no longer be totally doused as the affected space is huge,” said a neighborhood from Keri.
Massive blaze engulfs Pernem’s coastal plateau, swathes of plantations gutted
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