Lok Sabha Question No. 2386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Forest Fire
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## Forest Fire

## 2386. SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes to save forests from fire in Chhattisgarh and other States;
- (b) the  details  of  the  installed  capacity/sources  available  to  save  the  forests  from  fire  in Raigarh and Jashpur districts along with the area which can be saved as a result thereof; and
- (c) the details of the amount spent to save forests from fire in Raigarh and Jashpur districts in a financial year along with the amount spent during the years 2018- 19 and 2019-20?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Since  forests  are  managed  by  the  State  Forest  Departments,  responsibility  of  forest  fire prevention  and  management  lies  primarily  with  the  respective  State  Governments.  The Ministry  supports  the  efforts  of  State/Union  Territory  Governments  in  prevention  and control of forest fire by providing financial assistance for various forest fire prevention and management  measures under the Centrally Sponsored Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme. State Government prepares Annual Plan of Operation for prevention and  management  of  forest  fire  under  this  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  and  funds  are released as per the Guideline of the Scheme. A sum of about Rs.125 crore (Rupees One hundred twenty five crore) have been released to the States (including Chhattisgarh) in last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21) under this scheme.
- (b) As per the report received from the Government of Chhattisgarh, the details of resources deployed to save the forest from fire in Raigarh and Jashpur districts along with the area to be saved from forest fire is as under:-
- (c) As per the report received from the Government of Chhattisgarh, the details of amount spent to save forests from fire in Raigarh and Jashpur districts are as under:-

| District   |   No. of Watch towers |   No. of firefighting equipments |   No. of fire watchers |   Forest Area (Km 2 ) |
|------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
| Raigarh    |                    25 |                              136 |                    251 |               2234.07 |
| Jashpur    |                    04 |                                2 |                    151 |               1787.96 |

| District   | Year    |   Amount spent (Lakhs) |
|------------|---------|------------------------|
| Raigarh    | 2018-19 |                 111.81 |
| Raigarh    | 2019-20 |                 150.37 |
| Raigarh    | 2020-21 |                 147.35 |
| Jashpur    | 2018-19 |                 115.44 |
| Jashpur    | 2019-20 |                 134.95 |
| Jashpur    | 2020-21 |                 128.71 |

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