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Uttarakhand boosts forest fire prevention with pine needle collection, awa
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
During the Question Hour on the second day of the Budget Session in the Assembly today, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal shared that to eliminate the root cause of fires in pine forests, 5,532 tonnes of pine needles were purchased from villagers in 2025. The target has now been increased to
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SC slams Uttarakhand Govt for lackadaisical approach in controlling forest
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Supreme Court slammed the Uttarakhand Government on Wednesday for its lackadaisical approach in controlling the forest fires in the state and directed the Chief Secretary to be present personally before it on May 17.
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Uttarakhand: Five people killed in raging forest fire, 1300 hectares of la
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Uttarakhand's Chief Conservator of Forest with an additional charge of Head of Forest Force (HoFF) Dhananjay Mohan said that the situation of Uttarakhand forest fires was under control. He confirmed that five people have lost their lives to raging forest fires and 1300 hectares of forest are
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Uttarakhand forest fires: CM Dhami steps up vigil in state to combat blaze
Updated : 2 years 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.
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"Forest fires cannot be controlled without increasing humidity," Congress
Updated : 2 years ago IST
As several regions in Uttarakhand are grappling with forest fires, destroying hectares of forest land, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat said that forest fires cannot be controlled without increasing the humidity in the forest areas, and in 2015-16 they had c
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Uttarakhand forest fires: SC asks petitioner to file additional documents
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the petitioner to file additional documents in support of their Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which had sought urgent steps to protect the forest, wildlife and birds in the wake of the forest fires in Uttarakhand.
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Another forest fire in Uttarakhand
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
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.
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