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All that happened today: Fire in Mumbai’s high-rise to massive traffic jam in Delhi

An avalanche hit Uttarakhand near the border village of Malari in Chamoli district on Monday.

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Joshimath: So Far 863 Buildings Identified Where Cracks Found Due To Land Subsidence

Chamoli District Magistrate (DM) Himanshu Khurana conducted an on-the-spot inspection of the land identified in the Dhak village of Joshimath in Chamoli District, affected by the land subsidence on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Uttarakhand: Badrinath Temple Wrapped Under Heavy Snow

Badrinath Dham in the Chamoli district got wrapped in a blanket of snow after receiving snowfall on Saturday. Read full story on Dynamite News:

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Joshimath: No Increase In Crackwidth Since Last 3 Days, Says Secretary Disaster Management Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha

The gauge meters installed by the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) to measure the cracks in the buildings in the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand's Chamoli have indicated no increase in the width of the cracks in the last three days. Read on for details:

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Joshimath Receives Heavy Snowfall; SDRF, Police On Alert, Says Chamoli DM

Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said that teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police are on alert if any tragedy arises due to heavy snowfall in Joshimath on Friday. Read on for details:

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PMO Team Reaches Josimath To Take Stock Of Situation

A team from the Prime Minister's Office visited disaster-hit areas of Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli and inspected the situation, an official said on Sunday. Read on for details:

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Uttarakhand: Higher Mountain Ranges In Joshimath, Chamoli, Badrinath Receives Fresh Snowfall

The Regional Meteorological Centre in its weather report predicted "light to moderate rain/snowfall" likely to occur over most places in the state. Read on for details:

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Joshimath’s story dates back decades. That’s why media must dig deep

A small town in Uttarakhand has made it to the front pages of newspapers, and as the top story in many television news shows. Joshimath, a town of a little under 17,000 people in Chamoli district, is already well-known to trekkers, those wanting to explore the Himalayas, and Hindu pilgrims.…

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Joshimath Scare: Demolition Of Two Hotels Essential Because They Can Collapse, Says SDRF Commandant

A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has been deployed at the site where the demolition of two hotels will begin shortly. Read on for details:

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Joshimath Land Subsidence: Administration Instructs Immediate Deployment Of NDRF

After land subsidence was reported in Joshimath, the Chamoli district administration on Friday instructed to immediately deploy a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the town. Read on for details:

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Uttarakhand: 4 Killed In Landslide In Chamoli

Rescue and relief teams have been rushed to the spot. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Uttarakhand: Pilgrimage to Hemkunt Sahib halts due to heavy snowfall in Chamoli

The pilgrimage to the Hemkunt Sahib in Uttarakhand's Chamoli has stopped just a day before the closing of its doors due to heavy snowfall here. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami orders probe into ‘police harassment’ row

DEHRADUN: Taking cognisance of the allegations of locals being subjected to police harassment in Chamoli, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered a probe into incident by Garhwal commissioner Sushil Kumar. In a tweet, Dhami said that Kumar would present his probe report to the state government.

The Times of India

Take action in Nanda Devi Raj Jat yatra corruption case: Uttarakhand HC

NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Thursday heard a public interest litigation seeking the removal of Rajni Bhandari, the president of the district panchayat of Chamoli, from her post.

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Rain spells block 150 roads in Uttarakhand in 24 hours

DEHRADUN: More than 150 roads in the state have been blocked, mainly due to landslides, owing to incessant showers in the past 24 hours, as per the information provided by the state emergency operation centre on Thursday. In Chamoli district, 31 roads, mostly village link roads, are still blocked, while…

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Heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand's Chamoli damages NH-7

Due to the heavy rainfall in Chamoli district, the road at National Highway-07 has been extensively damaged. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Uttarakhand: Ambitious river-linking project meets with stiff local resistance

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government's proposed river-linking project, which aims to solve the long-standing water crisis in remote areas of the hill state, is seeing protests from local villagers. Several residents of Chamoli, where devastating flash floods killed around 200 people in February 2021, have come out against the project, through…

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Uttarakhand: 1 more body recovered from Tapovan hydel plant

DEHRADUN: One more body was recovered on Friday from the NTPC tunnel at the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project site in Chamoli, which was ravaged by the flash flood caused due to glacier burst in February last year.

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Uttarakhand: At 13,500 ft, Hemkund helipad threatens biodiversity, say locals

DEHRADUN: A high-altitude helipad being constructed in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve's (NDBR) buffer zone, near the Hemkund Sahib gurdwara in Garhwal Himalayas, has begun to face sustained protests from villagers who say that plying of choppers to ferry pilgrims would disturb wildlife and harm the extremely sensitive topography of the…

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Uttarakhand: In a first, carnivore plant found in western Himalayas

DEHRADUN: The Botanical Survey of India and the forest department of Uttarakhand have discovered a carnivore plant, Utricularia Furcellata, in Uttarakhand's Mandal, Chamoli district, at an altitude of around 4,800 feet. This is the first time that the plant has been spotted anywhere in the entire western Himalayas.

The Times of India

Uttarakhand: Village where chief election commissioner trekked struggling for road connectivity since 15 years

DEHRADUN: In the wake of chief election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar trekking to Dumak, the polling booth farthest from a motorable road in Uttarakhand, the lack of road connectivity to the village situated in Chamoli district in the Garhwal Himalayas is again being raised.

The Times of India

U'khand fixes daily cap of 5,000 for Hemkund Sahib

DEHRADUN: After the Char Dham yatra, the Uttarakhand government has put a daily cap of 5,000 on the pilgrims visiting the Hemkund Sahib gurdwara, the revered Sikh shrine in Chamoli district.

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How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches

Just over a year ago, one of the most destructive rock-ice avalanches in Indian Himalaya hit a small township, tragically wiping out more than 200 lives, several bridges, roads and two hydroelectric power plants.

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Politics of capital: Will Gairsan ever replace Dehradun as Uttarakhand's capital?

About 260 km from Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, work is underway to widen a mountain road. This road connects Diwalikhal, a small village in Chamoli district, with the assembly and secretariat complex in the town of Gairsain.

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