Dr. VK Bahuguna

  Ravaging Forest Fires –who is accounatble? By: Dr VK Bahuguna (The author was Director-General of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and Chancellor FRI University)   This year like previous years the forest fires are raging the forests of India specially the situation is very grim in Uttarakhand where thousands of hectares of forests are burning. The fires have been raging all over Uttarakhand and this year the situation has become very critical with some insane anti-social and anti-national elements have been indulging in making video reels and watching with vicarious pleasures, unfortunately enough, coupled with local people also putting up with their annual rituals of burning the civil soyam and reserve forests to fire to get fresh grasses for their cattle. A few such hoodlums were arrested in Uttarakhand. It is well known to all in the society as well as in the government that the forest fires in India occurs during November to June months and adeq...