Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a review meeting on the Joshimath land subsidence issue with the officials at the state secretariat.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the 'Manaskhand' tableau of Uttarakhand state selected for the Republic Day 2023 parade at the National Theater in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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
Adding to the woes of the people, the meteorological department has predicted rain and snowfall in Joshimath, Chamoli and Pithoragarh on January 19, 20, 23 and 24.
The law will be known as the 'Anti-copying law' which will punish the candidates getting involved in cheating during recruitment examinations and a 'ban of 10 years' will be imposed on them.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who arrived on a tour of Champawat district, performed aarti of goddess Sharda at Sharda Ghat in Tanakpur and wished for happiness and peace in the state.
The Cabinet cleared a proposal to waive the electricity bill of all those affected for six months starting from November 2022. Also, it approved the proposal for providing employment under MNREGA to two members of each of the affected families.
In the wake of land-subsidence crisis in Joshimath, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that 99 families from the area have been dislocated so far and Rs 1.5 lakh ex gratia is being provided to the affected families.
Former Union Minister Uma Bharti on Friday met with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and discussed the security arrangements made for the land subsidence-affected families in the Joshimath town of state's Chamoli.