Despite an increase in forest fires, the Union government is giving states less funds to fight them – Scroll.in

In this ever-warming and changing climate, forest fires are increasing in intensity and frequency around the world. Uttarakhand has seen 205 forest fires in the last seven days and 88 active large forest fires on April 27, according to the Forest Survey of India’s Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme, which tracks potentially highly destructive forest fires in real-time.

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