Forest fire inching closer to Joshimath contained in 20 hours
The fire that broke out in the forest of Helang village reached Badrinath Highway before inching ahead towards the town.
The fire that broke out in the forest of Helang village reached Badrinath Highway before inching ahead towards the town.
Expressing serious concern over the forest fire incidents, he directed the forest department to make concerted efforts to address the issue.
Seeing the blaze moving towards the Bhowali based Indian Air Force station area, the IAF began its aerial fire fighting, pouring water streams over the affected areas
Though no loss of life has been reported so far, officials say with the rise in mercury level the blaze is going out of control.
The Indian Army was able to bring the fire under control with the help of security agencies, saving many lives and infrastructure.
Forest fires broke out across South Korea on Sunday due to dry and windy weather in spring, a media report said.
Kumar, along with his colleagues, had almost doused the fire in a forest on 20 May when a sudden storm flared the forest fire engulfing him. He was rushed to Regional Hospital Una with serious burn injuries for medical treatment where doctors diagnosed that he had suffered above 90 percent burn injuries.
Human-wildlife conflict is the negative interaction between humans and wildlife, resulting in serious obstacles in wildlife protection efforts. Only awareness and local participation in conservation projects can manage this issue.
The state Task Force chief, Sandeep Tripathy asserted today that the forest fire situation in the state is totally under control now. He insisted that the fire in Simlipal National Park has been contained and only five fire points were reported today as against 26 and 24 points over the last two days.
A memorandum seeking Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar's personal intervention in containment of fire in Similipal National Park and other forests in the state was submitted by a delegation.
