Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
At least 20 people died and more than 100 were injured on Monday as a wildfire swept through a small resort town in eastern Greece with many victims trapped by flames as they fled. A wildfire rages in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018 Government spokesman …
Sweden is facing an "extreme" risk of more wildfires in coming days because of hot and dry weather, authorities warned Monday, as dozens of fires raged across the Scandinavian country. The civil protection agency MSB counted 27 active fires across Sweden on Monday, half the previous day's number. At least …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fires, 20/07/2018. The details of forest fire alerts issued to all State/ Union Territory Forest Departments during the last three years is given in Annexure-I. The details of fund released to State/UT Governments for various forest protection measures including forest fire prevention and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/07/2018 regarding large scale unchecked damage to the environment on account of forest fires specially in the States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Counsel for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and …
Bigger and more "explosive" wildfires are raging across the U.S. West, with the area burned in Colorado already four times the size of last year's total, as rising temperatures, drought and a buildup of forest fuels supercharge blazes. So far this year, 3.3 million acres have burned in U.S. forests, …
Niti Aayog has proposed 15-point action plan for combating air pollution in ten most polluted cities in the country, including Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi. The draft action plan titled 'Breathe India' includes encouraging electric vehicles, phasing out private diesel vehicle and development of crop residue utilisation policy. According to a …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand will replenish 67 natural springs in 30 locations which are drastically drying up. The move is meant to provide moisture to the ground to curb the spread of forest fires. The springs have been identified in forest blocks classified as vulnerable since they have recorded maximum water stress …
Earthquakes, floods, wildfires and other natural hazards can have disastrous effects, causing massive losses and damages all over the world. Scientists and practitioners, national authorities at all levels, non-governmental organizations and associations, UN and international organizations are working on activities and programmes aiming to prevent disasters. However, the impact of …
DEHRADUN: Forest fires have gutted 4,268 hectares of forest cover in Uttarakhand in 1,998 fire incidents in the state since February. On Thursday, eight isolated incidents of forest fires were reported in the state. The ravaging fires have already resulted in Rs 82.43 lakh loss to the department. Maximum fires …
NAINITAL: The state government submitted its response regarding the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand high court on Thursday. After it stating that 90% of the fires are manmade, the HC asked the state government to file a detailed affidavit with number of cases registered and accused nabbed. Division bench of …
SHIMLA/DHARAMSHALA: Major fires reported in large areas of the state have claimed four lives so far, including of deputy ranger Ashok Kumar, while six people were injured in fire-fighting operations. peaking in Shimla on Thursday, Himachal Pradesh forest minister Govind Singh Thakur said 1,544 cases of forest fires had been …
Mussoorie: The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve (JNR), a 100-acre privately-owned forest reserve popular with visitors to the hill town is the latest casualty in the recent spate of forest fires that have hit the state. According to reserve officials, almost 80% of the reserve has been affected in fires that have …
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir): Amid the wild fire raging in the forests area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district for the past three days, Locals in are complaining of being exposed to a number of health diseases. The students are finding it difficult to continue their schools as the air …
The helicopters lifted water from Sukhna lake and did a firefighting operation for hours till the ground staff were sure that there was no threat to the installations. A MASSIVE forest fire that posed a threat to the Kasauli Air Force Station and homes in the Lower Mall was finally …
Flames raging for past three days | Tea gardens damaged | Strong winds add to woes Raging forest fires around Dharamsala for the past three days have caused a huge tree cover loss, besides destroying portions of tea gardens of the famous Mann Tea Estate. Guddu Pathania, general manager of …
Dehradun: Persistent smoke caused by raging forest fires since the past few days has led to a rise in cases of respiratory and eye ailments among hundreds of villagers in Pauri, Nainital and Bageshwar districts. “Our areas are covered with thick smoke and visibility is down to almost zero. The …
NAINITAL: Uttarakhand may well be heading towards a repeat of 2016 when around 4,500 hectares of forests were destroyed in jungle blazes. Already this year, over 2000 hectares of the state’s forests have burnt down and there is still a month left for the onset of monsoons. Incidentally, climatic conditions …
Dehradun: The forests of Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Almora continued to burn on Tuesday with 88 more incidents of forest fires being reported. A total of 1,213 hectares have been gutted in the state since the beginning of the fire season in February, officials said. The raging fires have also …
BENGALURU: Copious pre-monsoon rain has reduced the risk of forest fires in the state this summer. In the past two months, Karnataka has seen no major incident, according to the forest department. Though areas in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Madikeri and Turahalli near Bengaluru witnessed small fires in March, the state …
DEHRADUN/NAINITAL/HARIDWAR/UTTARKASHI: At least 57 small and big incidents of fires and 65 fire alerts were reported from forests across Uttarakhand in the past three days in both Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. “A total of 69.71 hectares of forest area was lost due to fire incidents on Saturday and Sunday while …
