NGT asks Ministry to finalise national policy on forest fires

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NGT asks Ministry to finalise national policy on forest fires

What has happened?

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to finalise the National Policy on Forest Fire within two weeks, after noting that forest fires generally occur in the month of April.

Mute spectator

The green panel had earlier come down heavily on the Centre for remaining a “mute spectator” to the recurring forest fires in the hill States and asked the Environment Ministry to formulate a national policy

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