DHARAN, March 20: Forest fire spreading in Char Koshe Jungle between two sub metropolises of Dharan and Itahari has destroyed about 900 hectares of forest areas.
Details of losses from the fire, which broke out a week ago, has yet to come out but the district forest office estimated that about 900 hectares of forest might have been destroyed.
2,174 hectares of forest destroyed in Baglung wildfires
Concerned agencies are still clueless about the cause of the fire but the members of district forest users group claimed that the fire might have spread from landfill site near the jungle.
Dharan submetropolis dumps garbage along the bank of the Seuti River, which flows very close to Banjhara Community Forest.
The scrap collectors, who sift through the garbage, may have set fire to the garbage pile which than spread to other areas. Members of the community forest users group attributed the fire to the garbage pile.
