Citizens barred from carrying combustible material to forests
Pays tribute to forest dept employee who laid his life while saving forests from fires
Forest fires keep on erupting, especially in the hot weather
Deforestation ongoing unchecked in Tirah, local influential people accused of involvement
Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year
Aside from health fears for the local population, environmentalists warn the fires may accelerate global warming
Fires dealt a loss of more than Rs27.2m to K-P in 2018-19