TS forests lost in the woods | State forests staring at a disastrous fire year
Updated Apr 6, 2021, 4:10 am IST
This year, till April 4, Telangana lost a whopping 20,471.54 hectares to forest fires
Nearly every one of these fires, except 600 out of the 21,439 fire alerts received by the state through satellite imagery since January 1, have been set off by people. A few accidentally, and most, deliberately. (Photo: DC)
Hyderabad: Every day, on an average, Telangana s forests have been losing to fires every day the equivalent of 57.5 times the area of the popular KBR National Park in the city. Or, in terms of another popular Hyderabad landmark, the state is daily losing forests equal to 19.5 times the area of Hussainsagar lake to fires.