Why Uttarakhand forests are on fire this season?
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The forest fires that began in Uttarakhand in mid-April are still blazing. Over 1,000 hectares of forests have been affected, although the total number of deaths is yet to be estimated. This season's forest fires were, however, not limited to Uttarakhand. Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Jharkhand also reported forest fires. But the number of forest fires these states reported was significantly lower than that of Uttarakhand, which reported 325.