ITANAGAR, March 14 – A forest fire has been raging in the Dariya Hills in Arunachal Pradesh for the last three days with black smoke bellowing into the sky of the State capital threatening the flora and fauna here. “It appears to be a daunting task to douse the fire in Dariya Hills, which comes under Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, as the State does not have required resources to tackle such massive bushfire going on for three days”, Forest department sources said.

This survey carried out in Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, focused on the overall patterns and causes of the predator-human conflict. The survey was also aimed to evaluate methods that could be used to assess the status of forest and relative abundance of mammals in a remote and little explored tropical evergreen forest of northeast India.