Volume 9

Similipal Forest Fire: Factors That May Be Responsible

The Simlipal National Park has been in the news for all the wrong reasons since the last week of February, when news first broke about a forest fire. What followed was an extensive campaign by forest and disaster management agencies to douse the fire and prevent it from spreading further. The fire is now largely under control but the controversy and the debate that it sparked continues to rage. Our Cover Story brings you a comprehensive report from Ground Zero.