New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the situation in Uttarakhand where raging forest fires have destroyed 2,269 hectares of jungles in several districts and claimed at least seven lives.
The home minister held discussions with chief secretary and other officials of the state government on the situation arising due to the forest fire and offered all assistance from the Centre.
Mr Singh directed central officials to provide all possible assistance to the state government to control the forest fires.
The Home Ministry has already sent several teams of National Disaster Response Force to help the state government to douse the fire.
Seven persons have been killed due to the forest fires, which have spread to sparsely populated remote hill areas.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the Centre is taking the forest fires very seriously and making all efforts to control it.
The home minister held discussions with chief secretary and other officials of the state government on the situation arising due to the forest fire and offered all assistance from the Centre.
Mr Singh directed central officials to provide all possible assistance to the state government to control the forest fires.
The Home Ministry has already sent several teams of National Disaster Response Force to help the state government to douse the fire.
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Seven persons have been killed due to the forest fires, which have spread to sparsely populated remote hill areas.
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Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the Centre is taking the forest fires very seriously and making all efforts to control it.
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