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Odisha’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Debidutta Biswal said if the dry spell continued further in March and April, forests across the State were bound to record forest fire.

Odisha recorded 22,868 forest fire points last year, the lowest in last three years, and had responded to 99.86 per cent of them. The state had recorded 28,755 fire points in 2022 and 36,713 in 2023.