Channel: Times of India

Category: Film & Animation

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Description: Summer’s here, and along with it, reports of forest fires, pouring in from across India. And this year’s heatwave is not helping. Forest wealth worth billions of rupees is being destroyed across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other states where shrub, jungle and woods are ablaze. Over the last seven days, India’s Forest Survey department or the FSI, has reported more than 7800 forest fires in varoius parts of the country, reeling under the highest temperatures known in recent decades. Forest fires in India are usually reported in early March. Reports of such blazes keep coming in, for about six weeks. And it’s not the loss of forest cover alone – forest fires also kill thousands of wild animals, while the smoke from the fires has a severe impact on air quality. Watch the full report.