Forest fire incidents in Uttarakhand have increased three times compared to last year. There has also been expansion in Glacier Lake. Dehradun-based Environmental Action and Advocacy group and SDC Foundation have made this claim. This has been mentioned in its monthly reports and reports of Uttarakhand Disaster and Accident Analysis Initiative (UDAY). Major points included in the report released on Thursday include forest fires in Uttarakhand, spread of glacier lakes in the Himalayan region as well as ISRO studies and deaths in vehicle accidents in Nainital district. The report mainly mentions incidents of forest fires. Under which it has been claimed that the incidents of forest fires have increased three times this year as compared to last year.
6295 incidents in March and April
According to NASA study, there were 1850 incidents of fire in the forests of Uttarakhand in the year 2023 in March and April, 6295 incidents occurred in March and April this year. According to the report, there were 299 forest fires in Almora district in these two months last year, 909 this time. Similarly, in Bageshwar 75 last year and 224 this year, in Chamoli 99 last year and 293 this year, in Champawat 120 in the year 2023 and 1025 in 2024, in Dehradun 48 last year and 62 this year, in Pauri 378 last year and this year. 742, 42 in Haridwar last year and 25 this year, 207 in Nainital last year and 1524 this year, 213 in Pithoragarh last year and 615 this year, 31 in Rudraprayag last year and 117 this year, 115 in Tehri last year and this year. 380, in Udham Singh Nagar there were 183 incidents last year and 290 this year and in Uttarkashi there were 40 incidents last year and 89 this year. Apart from this, according to ISRO’s study, the report talks about the expansion of hundreds of glacier lakes in the Himalayas. In which there is a possibility of explosion in Glacier Lake in the Himalayas.
Anoop Nautiyal, founder of SDC Foundation, said that according to the report, there is a risk of lakes bursting in this way, which can cause devastation due to floods in low-lying areas.
