Similipal fire

Baripada:  In what could be termed as a divine intervention in the Similipal wildfire, rainfall accompanied with hailstorm occurred in many parts of Pithabata Forest Range and other parts under the sanctuary today.  Based on the…

New Delhi: Union Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar today informed that the Centre will send a committee of experts to Odisha for providing technical assistance in dousing the raging wildfire in Similipal…

Baripada: Local outfit Bhanja Sena is today observing a nine-hour bandh in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district over the wildfire in Similipal National Park which was yet to be extinguished completely. Members of the outfit staged road blockade…

Baripada: Even as Odisha Forest & Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha claimed that animals in the Similipal National Park are safe after the wildfire, a deer affected by the inferno was spotted heading towards human habitation in…

Baripada: At a time when Forest Department staffers and Fire Services personnel are working tirelessly to control the Similipal National Park wildfire, locals have extend helping hands in dousing the flame. The concerned DFO, OIC, Range…