More than 650 hectares of Uttarakhand land in grip of forest fires
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.
A high-level committee headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday cleared a financial grant to Uttarakhand and Karnataka that were recently hit by flood and drought respectively.
The committee approved to assist Uttarakhand with Rs.208.91 crore and Karnataka with Rs.1782.44 crore.
The decision was taken after examining the reports of the inter-ministerial central team which visited the two states, approved the assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
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