Uttarakhand forest fire rages on, 3 NDRF teams deployed
- 7 years ago
Three teams of the NDRF were deployed on Saturday to control forest fires in Uttarakhand that have destroyed nearly 1900 hectares of forest land in 13 districts since February. Taking a serious note of the raging forest fires in different parts of the state, Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul has decided to double the number of personnel engaged to douse the flames from 3,000 to 6,000.