Forest team seizes Khairi logs, 2 held

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Mar 8, 2023, 12:32 AM IST

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A forest team seized Khairi wood worth Rs 1.2 lakh which was brought illegally on Sunday night and arrested Ravji Nagvekar and truck driver Ismail Shaikh in the connection.

The Khairi wood was brought illegally from Canacona in a truck and it was being taken out of the State when forest officer Harish Mahale along with his team Sandip Naroji and Jitendra Naik stopped the truck for an inspection. They found that the truck had 146 Khairi logs.

The logs were seized and both suspects were arrested by the Forest Department team.

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Fresh forest fires erupt at Keri, Morlem, Sanguem

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Published Mar 8, 2023, 12:32 AM IST

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VALPOIEven as the forest fires were finally extinguished at Satre and Chorla in Sattari, fresh fires broke out in the hills at Keri and Morlem in the taluka on Tuesday. Fires were also reported on a hill at Sanguem where the government's ambitious plan to set up IIT had failed and at three places in Cavelossim.Responding to requests from the Forest Department, two helicopters were pressed into service in firefighting operations in Charvane hill, Chorla and Satre on Tuesday…