Dehradun: event Forest fires continue to rage in many places Uttarakhand Adhikailash helicopter darshan services were suspended for the second consecutive day on Sunday and flights to Pithoragarnaini-Seni airport were also halted due to low visibility due to smoke caused by the fire.
Helicopter service started last month Pilgrims Aerial Darshan of Adi Kailash and Om Parvat peaks. The passage leading to the shrine, lined with bells, was engulfed in flames and pilgrims were forced to flee the shrine.
Forest officials attributed the fire’s rapid spread to strong winds, turning it into the Crown Fire. Priests and forest department teams quickly helped the pilgrims reach safety and no casualties were reported.
In Chamoli district, fire engulfed a large kiwi orchard. Raging fires were also reported from hilltops in parts of Garhwal district like Rudraprayag and Chamoli. Forest officials said that since the first fire notification in the state on November 1 last year, around 910 forest fire incidents have been reported, destroying more than 1,144 hectares of forest land.
The fires have been raging for nearly six months and are not unlike those in California wildfire. Kumaon Province has seen a maximum of 482 incidents and is the most affected area.
So far, the wildfire has killed five people, the latest of whom was a 28-year-old female worker of Nepalese descent. The victim, Puja, 28, was seriously injured three days ago while trying to put out a forest fire near a rosin factory in Almora district. She died from burns on Saturday. Her husband and two others died last week while battling the same fire.
The fire also affected travel The launch of the event has put a question mark on hiking and mountaineering tours in the Kumaon region, with many groups that had originally planned such tours now unsure whether to proceed. “Normally, the trekking season in Kumaon district starts after May 10. We hope that the wildfires will be under control by then. If not, we will have to issue warnings to tourists,” Pithoragarh district tourism officer Kirti Arya said.
Locals said the fire left a trail of ash everywhere. “On the way from Haldwani, there were several places where there were rockfalls and landslides due to fires. We saw hills burning at night and during the day, with thick smoke obstructing visibility. It was almost like a fire The end of the world.
Officials said the forest fire incident in Uttarakhand was caused by multiple factors, mainly attributed to human activities. They added that locals sometimes set fire to grasslands to clear areas for agriculture or livestock grazing, inadvertently sparking larger wildfires. Additionally, loss of soil moisture due to scant rainfall during the pre-monsoon season and the presence of dry leaves, pine needles and other flammable materials in forests are also responsible for such incidents, officials said.
Nishant Verma, another chief conservator of forest, is Forest fire Some 24 fires were reported covering an area of 36.5 hectares of forestland in the past 24 hours, the state said, adding that “22 of these fires broke out in Kumaon district alone.”
It is worth noting that last month, fierce fires had spread near the city of Nainital, and the Indian Air Force was conducting fire-fighting operations at that time. Forest areas in parts of Nainital, Haldwani and Ramnagar forest districts have been worst affected. Fires in some of these areas were extinguished with the help of Mi-17 helicopters.
Helicopter service started last month Pilgrims Aerial Darshan of Adi Kailash and Om Parvat peaks. The passage leading to the shrine, lined with bells, was engulfed in flames and pilgrims were forced to flee the shrine.
Forest officials attributed the fire’s rapid spread to strong winds, turning it into the Crown Fire. Priests and forest department teams quickly helped the pilgrims reach safety and no casualties were reported.
In Chamoli district, fire engulfed a large kiwi orchard. Raging fires were also reported from hilltops in parts of Garhwal district like Rudraprayag and Chamoli. Forest officials said that since the first fire notification in the state on November 1 last year, around 910 forest fire incidents have been reported, destroying more than 1,144 hectares of forest land.
The fires have been raging for nearly six months and are not unlike those in California wildfire. Kumaon Province has seen a maximum of 482 incidents and is the most affected area.
So far, the wildfire has killed five people, the latest of whom was a 28-year-old female worker of Nepalese descent. The victim, Puja, 28, was seriously injured three days ago while trying to put out a forest fire near a rosin factory in Almora district. She died from burns on Saturday. Her husband and two others died last week while battling the same fire.
The fire also affected travel The launch of the event has put a question mark on hiking and mountaineering tours in the Kumaon region, with many groups that had originally planned such tours now unsure whether to proceed. “Normally, the trekking season in Kumaon district starts after May 10. We hope that the wildfires will be under control by then. If not, we will have to issue warnings to tourists,” Pithoragarh district tourism officer Kirti Arya said.
Locals said the fire left a trail of ash everywhere. “On the way from Haldwani, there were several places where there were rockfalls and landslides due to fires. We saw hills burning at night and during the day, with thick smoke obstructing visibility. It was almost like a fire The end of the world.
Officials said the forest fire incident in Uttarakhand was caused by multiple factors, mainly attributed to human activities. They added that locals sometimes set fire to grasslands to clear areas for agriculture or livestock grazing, inadvertently sparking larger wildfires. Additionally, loss of soil moisture due to scant rainfall during the pre-monsoon season and the presence of dry leaves, pine needles and other flammable materials in forests are also responsible for such incidents, officials said.
Nishant Verma, another chief conservator of forest, is Forest fire Some 24 fires were reported covering an area of 36.5 hectares of forestland in the past 24 hours, the state said, adding that “22 of these fires broke out in Kumaon district alone.”
It is worth noting that last month, fierce fires had spread near the city of Nainital, and the Indian Air Force was conducting fire-fighting operations at that time. Forest areas in parts of Nainital, Haldwani and Ramnagar forest districts have been worst affected. Fires in some of these areas were extinguished with the help of Mi-17 helicopters.
Adi Kailash heli-darshan, Pithoragarh flights suspended due to haze caused by fire; trekking activities affected as fire engulfs Almora’s famous temple
