With the land subsidence continuing at the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, the district administration has launched relief and rescue operations in the area.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that in the wake of the land subsidence at Joshimath in Chamoli district, he would hold a high-level meeting in Dehradun this evening.
Former Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday urged for a survey by geologists in the parts of Uttarakhand, prone to natural disasters.
A total of 561 establishments, in Joshimath, reported cracks that emerged after land subsidence, with the most --153 establishments -- reporting cracks in Ravigram ward in Uttarakhand, the Chamoli administration said in a bulletin on Thursday.
The land subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath was caused by human activities and nature, said Dr Satyendra Mittal, professor of Civil Engineering Department, Roorkee IIT on Thursday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will hold a high-level meeting in Dehradun on Friday evening in the wake of the land subsidence at Joshimath in Chamoli district, sources said.
Chamoli district administration on Thursday asked Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC) to be prepared to shelter the disaster-hit families, migrating from the landslide region of Uttarakhand's Joshimath.
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The Uttarakhand government has formed a team of scientists to find out the reason behind the occurrence of land subsidence in Joshimath and the resultant damage reported to the houses.