Joshimath: All construction activities in and around Joshimath in Uttarakhand have been halted in view of the cracks that have appeared in buildings in the town due to land subsidence, District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said on Saturday.
Joshimath Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami conducts a ground inspection of the affected areas. pic.twitter.com/I1hlAffgFi
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday reached Joshimath and conducted physical inspections of the affected areas. Locals of Joshimath blocked the Badrinath Highway on Thursday morning to protest and get the government and administration to take the matter of land subsidence seriously.
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According to the Chamoli district administration statement on Friday, out of 561 establishments, 153 in Ravigram ward, 127 in the Gandhinagar ward, 28 in the Marwadi ward, 24 in the Lower Bazaar ward, 52 in the Singhdhar ward, 71 in the Manohar Bagh ward, 29 in the Upper Bazaar ward 27 in the Sunil ward and 50 in Parsari have reported cracks, due to which the operations of Hotel View and Malari Inn were restricted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, till further orders.
Notably, Joshimath Municipal Chairman Shailendra Pawar said huge cracks appeared in the houses due to water leakage from inside the ground in the Marwadi ward. Meanwhile, with the continuous landslide in Joshimath, the state government has dispatched a team of experts to the area to assess the situation.
The teams from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have also been deployed in the area as a precautionary measure, Chamoli Chief Development Officer (CDO) Lalit Narayan Mishra said on Friday. (with Agency inputs)
