Our forests are burning, while funding is reducing
Between April 2023 and March 2024, 3.7 lakh hectares of forest area was engulfed by 4,607 fire incidents. Last year (2022-23), nearly 3.8 lakh hectares were gutted in more than 5K fire incidents. In 2021-22, a little over 3.4 lakh hectares were burnt, followed by nearly 70,000 hectares in 2020-21.
4 Oct 00:30 · Bangalore Mirror