Forest Fires

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday took measures to combat the risk of wildfires in vulnerable forests by deploying seven teams of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF). The ODRAF teams have been deployed in Baliguda,…

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising forest fires across the State, the Odisha government on Wednesday created a Special Task Force to control the blaze in different forest. The Task force will work from Panchayat level to control the rising forest…

A new study has found that forest fires which plague different parts of India, especially during the summer season play a major role in reducing solar power production in India. Such analysis of the energy and financial losses due to the…

Mussoorie: Around 0.2-hectare forest has been affected by fire in Uttarkashi forest division and 3.85-hectare forest in Tons Forest division. With this, Uttarkashi has become the first district in Uttarakhand to experience the raging forest…