In the amidst of summer and forest fire DC Hamirpur, Rajinder Singh Thakur has declared 36 forest beats as sensitive and formed five fire-fighting teams and appointed 77 fire watchers to check incidents of fires.
Rajinder Singh Thakur also instructed the forest officials to aware local people about the forest fires through a campaign in educational institutions and panchayats, and appealed to villagers not to burn pine needles near the forests and render help in controlling the forest fires.