Search For "forest fire"
Uttarakhand forest fire: 4 people arrested for allegedly setting fire at G
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
According to the Sarpanch of Jakhani Upreti and Bhandari villages informed that the four accused had set fire in the Gangolihat range forest on May 3.
Read More
"Our target is to bring the forest fire under control as early as possible
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"This is a big challenge for us and we are working on all the possibilities to bring this fire under control whether it is taking help from the Indian Army. We will take strict action against those involved in the fire incident. We are taking help from the Army and will keep doing that," Dha
Read More
Uttarakhand forest fire: Poor visibility hampers IAF's firefighting effort
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Thick smoke from an intense forest fire engulfed Srinagar in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, causing significant delays in aerial firefighting operations by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Read More
Uttarakhand: One woman dies in forest fire in Pauri Garhwal region
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A forest fire on Monday swept the Pauri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand in which a 65-year-old woman died in the field while trying to douse the fire.
Read More
Uttarakhand: DGP instructs officials to ensure arrangement for Char Dham y
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Dehradun Director General of Police has directed the all the zone and district in-charges to make arrangements to ensure a safe completion of the Char Dham Yatra 2024, informed a press release.
Read More
Uttarakhand Forest Fire: Air Force helicopters aid in firefighting efforts
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
As forest fires continue to rage parts of Uttarakhand, the Air Force helicopters are now carrying water from the Alaknanda River and sprinkling it in the Doob Srikot forests in different parts of the Pauri Garhwal district.
Read More
State Chief Secretary Radha Raturi announces series of measures aimed at c
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"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
Read More
Uttarakhand forest fires: CM Dhami steps up vigil in state to combat blaze
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday instructed the Chief Secretary over the phone to immediately issue instructions to the District Magistrates to continuously monitor forest fires every day for a week.
Read More
Uttarakhand: 3 people from Bihar arrested in Chamoli for promoting forest
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
According to the police, a video came to light after it went viral on social media platforms wherein the three youths were promoting forest fires.
Read More
"Prevention of forest fires our top priority; cases registered and 3 arres
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Director General of Police (DGP), Uttarakhand, Abhinav Kumar, said on Saturday that cases have been registered in nine districts and three people have been arrested in connection to the forest fire situation in the state.
Read More
"There should be proper mechanism...responsibilities should be fixed": CM
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has stressed the need of advance preparations to deal with forest fire incidents in the state, noting that responsibilities of all the senior officers from the headquarters should be fixed as also the district officers and there should be com
Read More
Uttarakhand CM Dhami holds review meeting to combat forest fires
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid a surge in forest fire incidents in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami convened a review meeting at Uttarakhand Sadan, New Delhi, on Saturday.
Read More