In the wake of the land subsidence incident in Uttarakhand's Joshimath, the Centre on Sunday constituted a team of experts from seven different organisations to study and submit its recommendations.
Chief Secretary Sukhvir Singh Sandhu, Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar and Secretary to Chief Minister RK Meenakshi Sundaram on Sunday conducted an on-site inspection of landslide areas of Joshimath town.
In a telephonic conversation wih Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inquired about the steps taken for the safety and rehabilitation of the affected residents of Joshimath in the wake of the land subsidence incident.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre to constitute a high power joint committee in the chairmanship of retired Justice of the High Court and representative of all relevant ministries to look into this immediately for the aff
The Uttarakhand adminsitration on Sunday directed to vacate the inspection bungalow in the Joshimath town of Chamoli as huge cracks appeared in its adjacent inspection building of the Public Works Department (PWD), Nirakshan Bhawan, last night.
The situation in Joshimath remains grim as Shankaracharya Matth in Jyotirmath has also developed cracks in many places, triggering a threat to the matth'.