The forest fire in Uttarakhand entered 4th day today incurring a loss of Rs 1.32 lakhs.
With rise in mercury levels, Uttarakhand’s forest fire has now reached at its peak. For the past four days, the state has been burning up as wildfires break out in different regions. So far, the state has reported 46 wildfires which have affected over 51.34 hectares of forest land in the state putting to danger the wildlife species residing in the forests.
A total of 21 wildfires have been reported from Kumaon region of the state alone, making it one of the most hard-hit regions in the state. The Garhwal region has witnessed 16 incidents of forest fires and the reserve forest area has witnessed 9 incidents of forest fires.
According to the forest department, a forest fire first broke out in Srinagar district on May 23 and it winds made it difficult to control it.
Meanwhile, twitterati is furious over the fact that why the news is not being covered much by the national media.
People online are outraged with how the Australian bushfires were given full coverage but the ones in Uttarakhand right now are being ignored for some bizarre reason.
Glad to see that no one is talking about #UttarakhandForestFire as very few people knows about this.
Where are those Indian News channels who cried on Australia fire. pic.twitter.com/7Bh7TRhVLH
— M Kumar (not a 🏳️🌈) (@Kumar___K) May 26, 2020
More than #India‘s half of birds species are in danger, #Amazon& #Australia‘s incidents saddened us, but when our own Uttarakhand is burning
For the last 4 days, we’re silent💔#India#UttarakhandForestFire#tuesdayvibes@ParveenKaswan@Swamy39@NoTreesNoWater@LetMeBreathe_Inhttps://t.co/VrouJhXPA9
— Sagarika Joshi (@SagoJoshi) May 26, 2020
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat while responding to the soaring cases said that the COVID-19 cases have risen in Uttarakhand after the return of migrants but the government was fully prepared to deal with the situation. The chief minister held a meeting with senior officials in Haldwani to review the situation in the state, especially in Nainital district, which has reported 117 cases so far.