Several workers were deployed to dismantle the Inn. The road near hotel Malari Inn was blocked and police and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) officials were also deployed for the smooth functioning of the dismantling process.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, who is also the party's communications chief, on Sunday stoked a controversy amid the Joshimath land subsidence crisis, as he quoted a media report to claim that the Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) asked ISRO to 'shut up'.
The Secretary of Disaster Management informed that four companies have bid for the drainage contract, and the company with the required technical capabilities will be shortlisted.
A team from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee on Saturday started a door-to-door survey of houses in the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand's Chamoli and pasted "unusable" posters on houses extremely impacted by land subsidence.
"The present state and central government approach in this area of development do not take into consideration the environmental concerns and sustainability and hence needs an immediate course correction. Compensation given to citizens is not adequate and rehabilitation plans must be made
Land subsidence has halted a ropeway service connecting Chamoli's Joshimath to Auli in Uttarakhand, Dinesh Bhatt, manager, Ropeway Operation, said on Saturday.
Higher mountain ranges in Joshimath including Chamoli district and the holy shrine of Badrinath in Chamoli district were covered in a blanket of snow received fresh snowfall.
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 the land-subsidence crisis in Joshimath area of Uttarakhand's Chamoli, the dismantling of Hotel Malari Inn began on Friday, as per the official sources.
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.