Uttarakhand wildfire under control, four arrested
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that the situation is now under control and will be completely doused in two days.
“The forest fire in Uttarakhand is under control. It will be completely doused in two days,” the minister said.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that over 6,000 employees have been deployed to tackle the fire and said the cause of the fire is because of summer dry spell with no humidity.
He said four people have been arrested in connection with the wildfire.
Three NDRF companies along with other personnel were engaged to douse the flame and conduct rescue operations. The Indian Air Force resumed their fire-fighting operations.
The Centre on Sunday said it is sending a four-member team of experts to Uttarakhand to monitor the forest fire incidents in the state.
"The team of experts consists of Prof. Santosh Kumar, Executive Director, NIDM, Shri S.P. Vashist, DIG of Forests, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Shri K.C. Wadhwa, Special Director, Center for Fire Explosives and Environment Safety and Shri G.C. Misra, Director, Fire Services, Delhi. About 6000 persons from NDRF, SDRF, State Police, Forest Staff and volunteers are also deployed and the situation is under control," read the government statement.
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