Mumbai: More than 5,100 forest fire incidents were reported across Maharashtra during 2023-24, affecting 11,580.707 hectares of forest land, Forest Minister Ganesh Naik informed the legislative assembly on Thursday.
He was responding to questions raised by MLAs, including Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Bhaskar Jadhav, Shiv Sena member Nilesh Rane and BJP's Prashant Thakur, over forest fires.