India is facing a severe challenge with over 75,000 forest fires reported in April, particularly affecting states like Uttarakhand and Odisha. Uttarakhand has seen a surge in forest fires due to scanty winter rain, recording 6,701 instances this April compared to 900 last year. The state has deployed NDRF teams and helicopters to control the blazes. Additionally, fires have broken out in other regions like Noida, Prayagraj, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu, with efforts underway to douse them. Experts are discussing India's intellectual property framework and innovation on various platforms.
JUST IN | 47 cases of forest fire reported in Uttarakhand on Monday. The fire gutted 78 hect land. @khabrimishra reports.
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#ExpressExplained | Uttarakhand forest fire: How are forest fires caused and how frequent are they in India? https://t.co/eHdCcENPTd
#ExpressFrontPage | Fires raging in Nainital, Pauri Garhwal mostly man-made: Forest dept @LittleMurthy reports https://t.co/flwNsWKkj6
VIDEO | Uttarakhand: A 40-member NDRF team arrived in Haldwani earlier today to help to douse the forest fires in Nainital. https://t.co/3NiG8jJ8bg
VIDEO | A fire broke out at a forest near Ambaji in Gujarat's Banaskantha district earlier today. More details awaited. https://t.co/IbTIiz4qxy
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#WATCH | On forest fire in the state, former Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Singh Rawat says "Among all the challenges the state is facing at present, fire is also a big challenge. There is already a drinking water crisis and our forest wealth is being destroyed.… https://t.co/lsgE1CJOyy
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Massive forest fires sweeping through the dense foliage in the mountains of #Uttarakhand for the past 72 hours have gutted over 142 hectares of forest land in the State. Maps created by The Hindu's Graphics team shows the location of the fires detected by the Forest Survey of… https://t.co/l4Tzrj2JQE
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Fire broke out at a plastic godown in Kuniyamuthur. Fire service team reached the spot and the fire was doused. https://t.co/Db9ngdRvjy
#ExpressExplained | How are forest fires caused and how frequent are they in India? https://t.co/eHdCcENPTd
#WATCH | A fire broke out at a market in Nadiad, #Gujarat. Firefighting operation underway. 📹 ANI https://t.co/E55dychVbm
Fire Breaks Out At A Market In #Gujarat's Nadiad | Video https://t.co/VS2iqTi5Zy
#WATCH | Dixit Patel, District Fire Officer says, " In Ahmedabadi area of Nadiad, a fire broke out at 3 shops and two 4 wheelers also caught fire. From investigation, we got to know that the fire broke out due to a short circuit. There are no casualties...fire is under control… https://t.co/xhB1MQCDiF https://t.co/mDzg3eb7xe
#WATCH | Gujarat: A fire broke out at a market in Nadiad. Firefighting operation underway. https://t.co/zQovTlObur
Uttarakhand Suffering Record Number Of Forest Fires In 2024 Helicopters have dropped water onto raging fires in Nainital from Saturday to control them. The state has had 127% more blazes in April, compared to 2012-21, with 804 reported by Friday. https://t.co/iQnPT1Nv5R
Massive Fire Breaks Out At Building Noida's Sector 65 . . . #LatestNews #RepublicTV #RepublicTVLive #NOIDA #fire #firefighters https://t.co/J2kwXqyTJn
Fire breaks out at leather factory in #Noida, no casualties reported https://t.co/UpDOZ4vnL8
Uttarakhand forest fires doused in most parts amid rain, officers still on alert https://t.co/JJBPGJJW0w
#Noida | Fire breaks out at leather manufacturing company in Noida Pradeep Kumar, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of Noida said, “We received information about the fire in a leather manufacturing company at around 4.30am. 15 fire tenders were sent to the spot and the fire has been… https://t.co/mOelGDexc6
VIDEO | Uttarakhand: Here's what Garhwal DFO, Anirudh Swapnil said on forest fire incidents. "The fire has been happening because of mischievous elements. We are making people aware and appealing them not to ignite anything. The forest is the common property. The fire has many… https://t.co/TGmrRJw4DS
VIDEO | Fire breaks out in a timber house in UP’s Prayagraj. Efforts are underway to douse the fire. More details awaited. (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/dv5TRARJn4) https://t.co/5dqNMfuIjl
Scanty winter rain a key reason for surge in #Uttarakhandforestfires #Uttarakhand has recorded 6,701 instances of big and small forest fires this #April, compared to only 900 in the same period last year, data from the Forest Survey of #India has shown (@jayashreenandi… https://t.co/ffMOJlvsBi
#WATCH | Fire broke out in a timber shop in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Fire tenders are present on the spot. https://t.co/vLtthSAREw
#NDRF has deployed at least 150 trained forest firefighters from three battalions across #Uttarakhand and other states (Reports @LamaPrawesh) https://t.co/0M3NnZAsPZ
Video | A fire broke out at a building in Noida Sector 65 at night. Efforts to douse fire fire are underway. More details awaited https://t.co/7qWhsbTmoj
🔥In India, dissatisfaction is growing that the strongest forest fire began to be extinguished only after it began to threaten the US Air Force base in Uttarakhand. https://t.co/nClGfC9QCF
#Uttarakhand Govt Cancels Leaves Of Forest Department Officers And Employees To Tackle Escalating Incidents Of Forest Fires https://t.co/uCDlWQMUzN
#India reported over 75,000 forest fires in April; #Odisha worst hit #ForestFire https://t.co/xLQFeWFy1D
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