In order to preserve Chinar trees, the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department is giving unique identity numbers to each Chinar tree in the Union Territory.

At least four landmines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, but there was no casualty, officials said. Follow Us OnG-News | ...

This comes after several fire occurrences were reported last year. Jammu and Kashmir's total forest cover is 20,194 square kilometres, with 12,066 square kilometres in the Jammu area and 8,128 ...