गलेश्वर । समयमै हिउँदे वर्षा नहुँदा र लेकाली क्षेत्रमा हिउँ नपर्दा म्याग्दीका वनैभर डढेलो लागेको छ । म्याग्दी जिल्ला वन डिभिजन कार्यालयका अनुसार जिल्लाका विभिन्न २५ स्थानमा डढेलो लागेको हो ।

अन्नपूर्ण गाउँपालिकाका आठमध्ये छ वटा वडाका विभिन्न ठाउँमा अहिले डढेलो लागिरहेको जिल्ला वन अधिकृत चन्द्रमणि सापकोटाले बताए ।  उनका अनुसार अहिले आगलागी भएको जिल्लाको अधिकांश भेग हिमपात हुने क्षेत्र हो तर हिमपात र वर्षा नहुँदा सुक्खा बढेर डढेलो लागिरहेको छ ।

अहिले डढेलो लागेका क्षेत्रमध्ये अधिकांश मानवबस्तीभन्दा टाढाका डाँडाकाँडा हुन् । पश्चिमी म्याग्दीको धवलागिरि गाउँपालिकाको उच्च भेगमा पनि अहिले डढेलोले सताउन थालेको छ । धवलागिरी–४ मुदी भेगको उच्च क्षेत्रमा पनि डढेलो लागिरहेको छ । डढेलोले धेरै नै वन क्षेत्र नोक्सान गरिरहेको वन कार्यालयले जनाएको छ ।

जिल्लाको गुर्जा, मुदी, कुहिने मङ्गले, चिमखोला क्षेत्रमा डढेलो लागिरहेको बताइएको छ । ‘यो याममा अहिलेसम्म कम्तीमा २५ ठाउँमा डढेलो लागिरहेको छ, यो क्रम अझै बढिरहेको छ,’ वन अधिकृत सापकोटाले भने, ‘दक्षिणी भेगको जङ्गल दिनहुँ डढेलोले सखाप भइरहेको छ ।’ ती ठाउँमा पोहोर–परार हिउँदमा हिउँ पर्ने गरेकाले चिसोका कारण हत्तपत्त डढेलो लाग्ने गरेको थिएन ।

वर्षा भइरहे हत्तपत्त जङ्गलमा आगो लाग्दैनथ्यो तर अहिले भने दिनहुँजसो आगजनीको खबर आउने गरेको उनले जानकारी दिए। अघिल्ला वर्ष हिउँदताका बाक्लो हिमपात हुने हुँदा बस्तीसम्म हिँडडुल नै सकस हुने गरेकामा पनि यसपटक भने उच्च भेगमा समेत हिउँ नपर्दा सुक्कापन बढेर डढेलो लागेको वन अधिकृत सापकोटाको भनाइ थियो ।

‘असोजपछि वर्षा नभएको र हिउँ पनि नपर्दा अहिले सुख्खापन बढेको छ’, उनले बताए ‘हिउँ पर्ने ठाउँमा मुख्य यामका एक दिन पनि हिउँ परेन । पानी पनि परेको छैन, त्यसैले जमिन सुख्खा बनाएको छ । चिसो कतै देखिन्न ।’

Galeshwar. Due to lack of timely winter rains and lack of snow in the Lekali area, the entire forest of Myagdi has caught fire. According to the Myagdi District Forest Division Office, fires have broken out in 25 different places in the district.

District Forest Officer Chandramani Sapkota said that six out of eight wards of Annapurna rural municipality are currently burning in various places. According to him, most of the parts of the district where the fire occurred are snowfall areas, but due to the lack of snowfall and rain, the fire is increasing due to dryness.

Most of the areas that are affected by fires are hills far away from human settlements. Even in the higher part of Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality of Western Myagdi, the fire has started to bother us. The fire is also raging in the higher areas of Dhavalagiri-4 Mudi Bhag. The forest office has informed that the fire is causing a lot of damage to the forest area.

It is said that the fire is raging in Gurja, Mudi, Kuhine Mangale, Chimkhola areas of the district. “Fires are burning in at least 25 places this year, and this trend is still increasing,” said Forest Officer Sapkota.

He informed that there was no fire in the Hattapatt forest during the rains, but now there are reports of fires every day. Forest Officer Sapkota said that last year, due to heavy snowfall in the winter, it was difficult to walk up to the settlement, but this time, as there was no snow even in the higher areas, the dryness has increased and the fire has increased.

“Since there was no rain and no snow after Asoj, now the dryness has increased”, he said. It has not even rained, so the ground has become dry. Cold is nowhere to be seen.’