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Uttarakhand forest fires News
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The forests in Uttarakhand are once again in the grip of fire. The worrying thing is that even in the Wild Life Reserve area, the forest department is not able to control the fire. In the last 24 hours, incidents of arson have come to light in many places.
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Forest fires in Uttarakhand reduce after scattered rainfall
Fires broke out at 964 locations in the state
Property worth rupees 37 lakh has been destroyed so far
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) continues to carry out fire fighting operations in Uttarakhand on Tuesday (April 6), which is the second day.
Several sorties are being conducted over the burning forests of Pauri and Tehri districts.
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The Uttarakhand forest department has received reports of at least 40 active forest fires.
As the temperature is increasing in the state, the incidents of such forest fires is also on rise.
To help the state authorities in fighting such fires, the Centre rushed NDRF teams and helicopters for assistance.
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Raging forest fires in Uttarakhand could have a catastrophic effect on the state's glaciers which are the lifeline of the major rivers flowing through India's northern plains, believe many environmentalists.
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Forest fires raging through large parts of Uttarakhand began showing signs of abating as two IAF choppers and over 10,000 personnel continued firefighting operations for the second day on Monday.
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Three Mi 17 choppers of the IAF on Sunday dumped loads of water on forest fires raging for days in Nainital and Pauri districts in Uttarakhand.
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Raging forest fires have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand.
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Over 1500 villages on Sunday were under threat from the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand, prompting the centre to deploy three teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to bring the inferno under control.
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On Saturday, Indian Air Force has also deployed an 11-member team equipped with a Mi-17 helicopter to control the blaze. This comes after the state government sought its help.
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Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul, Friday, allocated 3000 more personnel to double the number of those fighting the flames to 6000.
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