Our Correspondent Kohima | March 1 A wild fire that broke out in Tseminyu area on February 29, have been controlled with the intervention of the villagers and the forest department. Parliamentary secretary for housing Er. Levi Rengma today inspected the site and expressed deep concern over the burning of the large area of jungle in the area. He said this wild fire incident occurred as result of the carelessness of some individual. He said it was eye opener for the people that one should be careful for protection of environment and conservation of forest. The parliamentary secretary thanked the administration and the villagers for taking a prompt preventive measure, and also the forest department for deploying the forest guard personnel and controlling the further spread of the fire. Samom Khelen Singh, IFS, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Tseminyu Forest Range said the inferno devastated 10 hectares of jungle.
