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Heat Causes Forest Fire In Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal
Due to rising temperatures in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal region, a fire broke out in the forest area, on June 3. According to Manoj Rawat, a forest department official, "Forest range of Kirtinagar in Tehri Garhwal district is burning". He further stated that due to the "heat and unsanitary conditions", the employees of the forest department are facing problems. Operations to douse the fire are underway, and further details are awaited.
Tags: FOREST, Fire, Kirtinagar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 3.8 Jolts Uttarakhand
The National Center for Seismology (NCS) on December 5, informed that an earthquake of magnitude 3.8 in the Richter scale hit Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal. As per NCS' tweet, the depth of the earthquake was 10 km (Lat: 30:61 and Long: 78.82), and occured at 02:02:47 IST. No damage has been reported yet and further details are underway.
Tags: Earthquake, Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal, NCS, Magnitude
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