Tag: Forest Survey of India

Amid raging forest fire in Odisha, Pradhan seeks deployment of chopper to contain blaze

Quoting the Forest Survey of India (FSI) data, Union Minister Pradhan said the eastern State on 9 March recorded 96 major fires in different jungles-also highest in the country.

March 14, 2023

Odisha records country’s highest forest fires in a week

The State has registered as many as 533 forest fire cases in the last week, which is the highest forest fire case across the country with 76 incidents on average every day.

February 7, 2023

Forest fires cause huge losses every year in HP

Forest minister, Gobind Singh Thakur on Thursday said forest fires have caused financial losses to the tune of around Rs Six Crore in Himachal Pradesh from 2014 to 2017. Replying to a question by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Chintpurni, Balbir Singh in the state Assembly, the minister said 3,200 incidents of forest fires...

March 15, 2018

Precautionary measures initiated to check forest fires, villagers alerted

In a bid to check the forest fire several precautionary measures have been initiated informed Deputy Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve, Jagyandatta Pati. The forest department of Mayurbhanj district is geared up to combat forest fire, said officials. At least seven ranges within Baripada, Karanjia and Rairangpur territorial divisions of Similipal Tiger Reserve(STR) and its...

March 10, 2018