India, Feb. 20 -- By Binod Prasad Adhikari

Dakshinkali [Nepal], February 21 (ANI): Nepal is set to face a catastrophic forest fire incident in the coming days, but the local authorities have been less prepared and reliant only on the traditional method despite repeated stances over the years.

Raging for two days, the forest fire in the community forest Dakshinkali Municpality-04 is yet to be doused. Local security officials, including the Nepal Police and the Municipal Police, have been either using the branches of trees or a shovel to put off the blaze, which barely has been giving the result.

Drone shots revealed the extent of the damage caused by the fire, which has engulfed about 30 hectares of arid slopes and has been billowing sm...