Uttarakhand reported 201 large forest fire incidents in the last seven ... where there are a lot of Pine trees and flammable pine needles on the forest floor. But overall alienation of people ...

which banned tree cutting above 1,000m, resulting in ineffective firelines. Principal chief conservator of forests and head of Uttarakhand forest department Dhananjay Mohan said, "The forest ...

The Uttarakhand government apprised ... in the matter said entire forests are covered with pine trees and that is the reason behind forest fires. "The British may have introduced them but now ...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand ... used for timely control of forest fire management and human-wildlife conflict incidents and rapid rescue work. Along with monitoring tree plantation campaigns, these ...