Centre sends in experts to help Odisha government in management of forest fire in state
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday decided to form a three-member expert team to help the Odisha government to help control the unprecedented forest fire incidents in the state.
The expert team will be moving to Odisha will tender expert technical advice and handholding towards early and effective dousing of the forest fires.
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Acting swiftly on the directions of Prakash Javadekar, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has constituted a team consisting of:
The initial Terms of reference for the team would be:
The team would be working till the State attains a normal situation. Further, the Environment Minister said that along with the team, he will himself be monitoring everyday maps showing the forest fire detections in the entire State of Odisha.
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