NDRF deployed to control U'khand forest fires
​Three National Disaster Response Force teams were deployed in Uttarakhand on Saturday to control the forest fires that have destroyed around 1,900 hectares in the state since February. The Forest Department will list possible fire sites and pre-fire alerts on its website over the next week. Former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat has requested that Uttarakhand be declared a 'fire-ravaged state'.