"Each family will be given immediate interim assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh. Apart from the two hotel buildings which are marked 'unsafe', no other building is being demolished. Till now, cracks have been noticed in 723 buildings," the Secretary to Uttarakhand chief minister R Meenakshi Sunda
National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed the situation in Uttarakhand's Joshimath on Tuesday.
The security officials have cordoned off the road between Hotel Malari Inn and Hotel Mount View on Tuesday as the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) plans to demolish them step by step as they have completely tilted.
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Officials of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) called on Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Chief Minister's residence on Monday and discussed the relief and rescue operations that raised after landslides in Joshimath.
Secretary (West) Ministry of External Affairs, Sanjay Verma inaugurated the third Disarmament and International Security Fellowship Programme at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service in New Delhi on Monday.
Joshimath, which is witnessing land subsidence forcing the Uttarakhand government to shift the locals to safer places, has been divided into three zones based on the magnitude of possible danger, an official said on Monday.
This comes after the Joshimath area was declared disaster-prone following cracks developing in the buildings of city. According to Chamoli District Disaster Management Authority, 603 buildings in Joshimath town have developed cracks so far.
After the Taliban issued a decree banning Afghan women from working in NGOs, several international humanitarian organizations have claimed that their regular operations are disabled in the country due to harsh impositions on women, Khaama Press reported.
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Monday said the Joshimath area of Uttarakhand has been declared disaster-prone, with the increasing land subsidence and cracks detected.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force, Air Marshal J Chalapati, on Sunday lauded the 33 Squadron for their glorious efforts in various operations and yeoman service rendered towards human assistance and disaster relief and aid to civil authority.