Uttarakhand forest fires: Things as they happened on Sunday

Dehradun/New Delhi: Raging forest fires have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand. 

Pauri, Nainital, Rudraprayag and Tehri are among the worst-hit districts.

Following are the updates:

01 May 2016

22:27 IST

"We have been informed that fresh images from satellite have shown that the effective area under fire in Uttarakhand has come down to 110-115 locations from the earlier about 427. It is expected that these figures will be brought down to 50-60 in the next few days by the combined forces fighting to douse the jungle fire," says NDRF Director General OP Singh.

22:27 IST

"With three IAF choppers sprinkling thousands of litres of water over affected areas in Nainital and Pauri districts and over 10,000 personnel of NDRF, SDRF, PRD, forest guards and homeguards engaged in fire fighting operations on the ground we can say the situation is very much under control," says Additional Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy.