Uttarakhand govt plans to produce green power with pine needles

These companies would produce a total of 675 Kw

In the summer of 2016, helicopters fitted with water tanks poured gallons to control raging forest fires in Uttarakhand that had claimed five lives and destroyed 2,200 hectares of jungle.

Last month, the forest fires issue reached the Supreme Court as infernos again created havoc in the hill state.

Scientists say the main culprit behind this spread every year in the state is pine needles, which quickly catch fire. By a government estimate, 16.4 per cent or 399,329 hectares of the total forest area is covered by chir pine forest. 

Now, the state government has started an effort to produce electricity from the