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So far 868 buildings have developed cracks due to land subsidence in Joshimath, Uttarakhand. Chamoli’s DM Himanshu Khurana informed about this on Friday. He said that 181 of these buildings are in unsafe areas. The demolition work of Hotel Mount View and Malari Inn is in the final stages.
He said that 878 members of 243 disaster affected families were in relief camps. They are being provided facilities of food, drink and medicines. Relief amount of 515.80 lakh has been given to these families. That money has been given for relief, rehabilitation and meeting basic needs.
Earlier on January 28, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) had put the number of cracked buildings at 863.
What happened in Joshimath…
December 27: After cracks appeared in the houses of Joshimath, people warned of agitation. After this, a 5-member team of engineers and officers from the administration investigated the cracks. After this, cracks kept increasing in the houses of Joshimath, when the situation worsened, the state and central government took note of it.
January 6: Fear increased among the people as cracks appeared in about 500 houses and buildings. Evacuation of people living in affected houses to safer places was expedited.
January 7: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Joshimath to take stock of the situation. Meanwhile, Chamoli’s DM Himanshu Khurana told that the problem is only in a few areas. The CM directed to provide all possible help to the affected people.
Now the shifting was done after cracks appeared in the houses in Joshimath.
January 8: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) held a high-level meeting regarding the situation in Joshimath. The district administration has been asked to shift the people to a safer place at the earliest. PM Modi spoke to the state’s CM Dhami on this issue.
January 9: In the evening, a team from the Center reached Joshimath to take stock of the damage caused to the buildings. The team investigated and submitted the report to the state government. 478 houses and 2 hotels were declared as danger zones. At the same time, the Uttarakhand government decided to divide Joshimath into three zones. Till January 9, 81 families were displaced.
January 10: The demolition of two hotels in Joshimath was stopped after protests by the local people. The hotel owners said that no notice has been given to us. Along with this, he also raised the demand for compensation. The Supreme Court refused to hold an urgent hearing on the matter.
Also read this special news of Bhaskar related to the collapse of Joshimath…
Operation to demolish Hotel Malari Inn in Joshimath started, work affected due to rain and snowfall
Amidst the incident of land subsidence in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, the work of demolishing the hotels in the affected area started on January 12. Meanwhile, rain and snowfall also started here, due to which the operation was affected. And in the evening, SDRF took over Hotel Malari Inn. Police closed the surrounding roads. The protesters have also been removed. This hotel has totally bent backwards. Another hotel Mount View will also be removed soon. Read full news…
Scary sound coming from houses in Joshimath, crying people said – the house suddenly started shaking
At night suddenly felt that the house was shaking, the whole house was tilted. Thick cracks appeared on the walls. I am scared to stand in my own house. The sound of running water is coming from under the house. We do not know from where and how this sound is coming. Now my 9 room house is not livable. There is no confidence when it will fall. Kalpeshwari Pandey, who lives in Joshimath city, starts crying while telling this. Read full news…
Expert said – no one can save Joshimath from sinking, due to the tunnel 6 crore liters of water flowed daily
This story is from inside the high mountains of Garhwal in Uttarakhand. The date was 24 December 2009; A huge Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which was quietly digging tunnels for metro trains under the earth of big cities, suddenly got stuck. Thousands of liters of clean water started flowing from the front. Months passed, but the most capable engineers could not stop this water and neither did the TBM start. Read full news…