The Supreme Court has also sought an explanation from the Uttarakhand government on why central funds were not utilised for ...
Uttarakhand forest fires: As the state battles to contain hundreds of active wildfires, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ...
The Supreme Court also sought an explanation from the Uttarakhand government on why central funds were not utilised for ...
Forest fires have refused to die down in Uttarakhand for the past 10 days, with four people reportedly dead so far and the Supreme Court set to hear petitions linked to the state government’s role on ...
The Supreme Court has agreed to urgently hear petitions on Uttarakhand forest fires on May 8, following reports that 90% of the blazes were “man-made”. The Bench, headed by Justice B.R. Gavai, ...
The Supreme Court on May 6 agreed to urgently hear petitions on Uttarakhand forest fires on May 8 even as petitioners said 90% of the blazes were “man-made”. A Bench headed by Justice B.R ...
The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on May 8 a plea on forest fires in Uttarakhand where 910 such incidents have occurred since November 1 last year damaging forests in about 1145 hectares.
The counsel for Uttarakhand clarified that only 0.1 per cent of forest cover was affected by the fires, while some sections of the media were reporting that 40 per cent of Uttarakhand was burning, ...
The Uttarakhand government apprised the Supreme Court on Wednesday about the steps taken to control the raging forest fires and said 0.1 per cent of the wildlife cover in the state was on fire due to ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said cloud seeding or "depending on rain god" is not the answer to the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand and that authorities will have to take preventive measures to ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took serious note of the increasing incidents of forest fires in Uttarakhand, and asked the state to look for long-term measures to save the environment. Senior ...
Five persons have been killed in 398 forest fire incidents in Uttarakhand, where 388 criminal cases have been lodged against 60 persons, the state government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.