By Prasad Rukmal Forest fires have destroyed more than 100 acres of forest reserve in the Badulla District due to the extreme dry weather prevailing in the Uva Province, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. The destroyed areas include Badulla Alugolla, Ella Kumbalwela Dowa, and the Haputale Y Junction Forest Reserve. Badulla District Secretary Sunil [...]
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Forest fires have destroyed more than 100 acres of forest reserve in the Badulla District due to the extreme dry weather prevailing in the Uva Province, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.
The destroyed areas include Badulla Alugolla, Ella Kumbalwela Dowa, and the Haputale Y Junction Forest Reserve.
Badulla District Secretary Sunil Galagama said that individuals hunting wild animals for fun, or those consuming alcohol and discarding lit cigarette butts, are triggering these forest fires in protected areas.
The fires have already dried up many local water sources, raising concerns that a major water shortage may soon hit the Badulla District.
Some of the fires were extinguished with the assistance of personnel from the Forest Conservation Department, the DMC, the Haputale Pradeshiya Sabha, the Ella, Haputale, and Badulla Police, and the Diyatalawa and Badulla Eladaluwa Army Camps, alongside firefighters from the Bandarawela and Badulla Municipal Council Firefighting Units.
The DMC also stated that special teams—including police and forest conservation officers—are currently working to prevent the flames from spreading toward the Ravana Ella Forest Reserve, Punchi Sri Pada Kanda, the Narangala and Namunukula mountain ranges, and other protected forested zones in the district.
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