Fires destroy around one hectare urban forest in Pune’s Warje area
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Fires destroy around one hectare urban forest in Pune’s Warje area

Hindustan Times  

Awarded as one of the country’s role model urban forest, the green belt at Warje faces threat of fires allegedly set by people living in the nearby slum. In June 2020, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change declared Warje urban forest, also known as Smriti Van, as the country’s role model for setting up the green belt under public-private partnership. Kishor Moholkar, founder of Nisarga Seva Sanstha that carries out tree plantation and conservation drives in Warje urban forest, said, “People of nearby slum visit the forest area to hold parties. The recent fires have burnt nearly 15,000 trees, including about 5,000 planted in the last three years.” Forest dept plans to increase height of boundary wall Following recent incidents of fires in the urban forest in Warje, the forest department is planning to increase the height of six-foot boundary wall to 10-11-foot.

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