Four firefighters lost their lives and four others sustained serious injuries while battling a fierce blaze in the Binsar forest, Almora district of Uttarakhand, said forest officials.
"We are also bringing in a new project - IIT Kanpur has done an experiment of cloud seeding. We are now trying to have rainfall through cloud seeding in Uttarakhand too so that forest fires come under control. We have spoken with the CM; he has agreed for a pilot project from Pauri," Raturi
Pithoragarh/ Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], April 26 (ANI): Amid rising temperatures, a fire broke out in the Dhanoda forest area in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh on Monday night.
New Tehri (Uttarakhand) [India], April 11 (ANI): Fire fighting operations are still underway to douse a massive wildfire that has been raging in a forest near the Budogi area of New Tehri district in Uttarakhand.
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand, on June 24.
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], May 25 (ANI): As the mercury continues to rise in Uttarakhand, the forest fires are occurring one after the other in the state.
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct its first-ever mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand on Thursday to help improve the preparedness and response mechanism in the event of a forest fire.