U'khand: Fresh forest fires destroy 180 hectares
Nearly 180 hectares of forest land spread across 111 places in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district were destroyed in the ongoing forest fires, said the District Magistrate on Wednesday. Meteorological Department said the increase in temperature in Uttarakhand this year could have caused the fires. Forest fires have destroyed 4,048 hectares of land in Uttarakhand in 1,857 incidents since February.​