Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: The fire incidents in Mhadei Wildlife Century and Cortalim hill has kept the Goa Naval Area of the Indian Navy on its toes.
The Indian Navy’s choppers have helped bring the fires under control so far.
“Continued efforts towards helping state administration to control the raging forest fires in Goa, the helicopters of #IndianNavy flew multiple missions on 08 Mar and sprayed appx 17 tons of water at Cortalim & Morlem,” said Indian Navy in a statement.
It said that Special gear LAALDE (Large Area Aerial Liquid Dispersion Equipment) used by helicopter for this operation was mobilised by Indian Navy from Mumbai & Kochi immediately on receipt of the information on 06 Mar from the State Forest dept.
“More than 26 runs were made over affected areas,” it said.
The Goa Naval Area further said that the complex operation required picking up water from nearby water body& releasing it over affected areas in difficult terrain. “Helicopters of Indian Navy have been undertaking these operations since early hours of 07 Mar in coordination with state authorities,” it said.
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