Saturday, June 5, 2010

Figures on forest fires misleading: Nature Watch India

Shimla: Nature Watch India today condemned repeated incidents of fire gutting invaluable forest wealth in Himachal Pradesh and also charged the state forest department of misleading the public on the actual extent of impact and damage caused by ongoing fires.

In a press statement issued here, state convener of NWI, Rajesh Negi alleged that the state machinery failed to put into place effective, adequate and timely measures for prevention forest fire. Charging slothful response of fire and forest department toward forest fire, he said that despite warnings from various agencies, including environmentalists, government committees and subsequent working plans have miserably failed to incorporate such steps.Read Full Story

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