Uttarakhand will have to pay Rs 85 for a litre of water dropped by two Air Force Mi-17 helicopters on burning forestland, reports The Hindustan Times. Choppers were initially stationed at Bhimtal near Nainital which was being loaded with water collected from the waterbodies in the area.
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Each sortie carrying 3,500 litres of water costs about Rs 3 lakh. The aircraft draw water either from Bhimtal lake near Nainital in the Kumaon division or from the Srinagar reservoir in Garhwal.Sources to Hindustan Times
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