The Governor directed the additional chief secretary Ranveer Singh to ensure that in view of the coming summer season, start work without delay on all the necessary arrangements needed to tackle the threat of forest fires escalating in the summer season.
He further directed the Forest Department to conduct wide-spread awareness among the public regarding the causes and destructive effects of forest fires so that the mitigation of forest fires can be achieved by raising public awareness. The department was also directed to focus on the new and modern measures for prevention and control of forest fires.