Forest fires main cause of drop in green cover in AP:Survey – 24 February 2012, The Economic Times

The main reason for the rapid drop in green cover in Andhra Pradesh seems to be hidden in the Forest Survey of India’s (FSI) latest data on forest fires. As per FSI, the state has witnessed 506 forest fires in the last 51 days alone, which is almost five times more than any other state in India. In fact, on February 20 itself, there were as many as 169 fires reported across AP mainly from Khammam, Mahbubnagar and Adilabad.