Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed officials to immediately control the forest fire in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary with the help of the Air Force by spraying water on the affected forest area using helicopters and other necessary resources.
As a devastating fire has been raging in Jammu and Kashmir's Kaldi forest area for the past four days, Ghordi Block Development Council Chairperson Arti Sharma on Wednesday requested the administration to send fire brigades to douse this fire.
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.
Himachal Pradesh forest department has recorded over 1,500 forest fire incidents in the state. As per data available with the department, over 13,000 hectares of forest land have been damaged in fire incidents reported during the past 50 days.
For the successful implementation of the Water Conservation and Tree Plantation Campaign, 2024, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed officials to work for water conservation and storage.
Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday presided over a meeting of the Forest Department here today and expressed serious concern over the forest fire incidents
A massive fire broke out in a forest adjacent to NH 244 near Suigarh forest in the Pul Doda area in Doda district on Tuesday evening, Ministry of Defence, Jammu said in a press release.
The authorities in Pakistan are finding it tough to control the forest fire as a severe heatwave has gripped the nation. Authorities on Sunday doused another forest fire that erupted on Margalla Hills part located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Geo News.