Electricity and water bills of the local residents affected in Joshimath Land Subsidence have been waived on Sunday by the Uttarakhand Government at the orders issued on the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Chamoli District Magistrate (DM) Himanshu Khurana on Thursday said an amount of Rs 505.80 lakh has, so far, been distributed to the families hit by subsidence in Joshimath.
The Delhi High Court allowed to withdraw a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to constitute a committee and direction to representatives of all relevant ministries to look into this immediately for the affected areas of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, who work for the rehabilitation
"No more cracks have been found on houses and water discharge in the area has also dropped from 560 LPM to 50 LPM. 70 per cent of the rehabilitation has been done and the situation of the area is stable," CM Dhami said.
According to the Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Doda, Athar Amir Zargar, the cracks started appearing in December last year which have now started aggravating.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta who is a member of the High Power Committee Joshimath Rehabilitation visited Dhak village on Saturday to take stock of the construction of the pre-fabricated houses being built for the rehabilitation of people affected by the land subsidence disast
A team of scientists from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) reached Jammu and Kashmir's Doda to analyse the Joshimath-like situation in the district as nearly two dozen structures reported subsidence.
Officials said that arrangements will be made to control the crowd of devotees during Char Dham Yatra, one of the famous Hindu pilgrimages which take place in the Garhwal Himalayas every year.
Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said that a Geological Survey team will conduct a study of the underlying factors of cracks developed in the houses in Jammu and Kashmir.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday while hearing a suo motu matter in view of the Joshimath disaster, directed a specific study of the hill station of Mussoorie.