The other relief measures include a special rehabilitation package, a one-time special grant for the transportation of goods and immediate needs and the purchase of household items, Khurana said.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday informed that the number of buildings with cracks has not increased and till now 863 buildings with cracks have been noticed due to land subsidence and landslides in the Joshimath town area of Uttarakhand.
The authorities continued demolition work in areas affected by land subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath on Sunday. They have identified 863 houses that have developed cracks.
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said that two-three places have reported increased cracks, days after Joshimath, which is facing land subsidence, in Uttarakhand received heavy snowfall.
Due to land subsidence in the Joshimath city area, over 720 buildings have been identified that developed cracks. Residents, as a part of the rehabilitation, have been moved to safer places even as geologists and experts scramble to ascertain the reasons for subsidence in the ecologically
For the last three days crack meters installed shows no increase in the width of the cracks in buildings ++
Chief Minister held a meeting with the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary Finance, Urban Development, Secretary Disaster Management regarding relief works in Joshimath ++
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Due to land subsidence in the Joshimath city area, over 720 buildings have been identified that developed cracks. Residents, as a part of the rehabilitation, have been moved to safer places even as geologists and experts scramble to ascertain the reasons for subsidence in the ecologically
Refuting blame for the prevailing situation of land subsidence and cracks in houses in Joshimath due to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project, Project head NTPC Joshimath Rajendra Prasad Ahirwal said that the NTPC tunnel has no relation with