The efforts of Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), paramilitary forces, state authorities, along with hundreds of volunteers and locals to douse the wildfire in the Dzukou Valley is finally going to pay off.  The Nagaland government on Thursday said that the wildfire in the Dzukou Valley on the Nagaland-Manipur border would be fully doused within the next 24 hours.

Ruangmei said, “The wildfire has been doused in most areas but gusty winds have taken the blaze to newer areas. We expect to fully control the blaze in the next 24 hours. The combined forces would study the exact ground situation on Friday and accordingly operations and the necessary steps would be taken.” 

One of the 10 most beautiful places in the mountainous Northeast, the Dzukou valley, situated at an altitude of 2,452 metres above sea level. The wildfire has destroyed much of the forest, seasonal flowers, flora and fauna and affected the rich biodiversity of the valley, which is also a famous trekking site. Forest officials of Nagaland and Manipur said that they have not assessed how much vegetation, flora and fauna have been destroyed till now.  

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