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Sinking Joshimath: Uttarakhand govt to provide heaters to affected familie
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Due to land subsidence in the Joshimath city area, over 720 buildings have been identified that developed cracks. Residents, as a part of the rehabilitation, have been moved to safer places even as geologists and experts scramble to ascertain the reasons for subsidence in the ecologically
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Water discharge in Joshimath reduced to 100 LPM: Disaster Management Secre
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has urged the directors and scientists of various technical institutes working in Joshimath to study the affected area on an immediate basis and make the study report available at the earliest.
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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking intervention to declare Joshimath sub
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The apex court was hearing a plea seeking immediate intervention by the top court to direct the Centre to assist in reparation work and providing of urgent relief to people of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, who are living in fear in the wake of a landslide and subsidence.
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Lack of tourists, business hit Auli hard
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The tourist places in the Joshimath area of Uttrakhand are lying vacant due to landslides and big cracks in the hotels. Auli, a very famous tourist place located 12 kilometers above Joshimath, is visited by people from all over the world.
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Disaster Management Secy inspects Joshimath, says 'cracks increased, but m
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Sunday inspected the landslide-affected areas in Uttarakhand's Joshimath and said that there has been an uptick in the number of cracks, but no new areas have faced damages.
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NDMA asked ISRO to 'shut up': Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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'.
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Slow subsidence up to 9 cm recorded in Joshimath in 7 months: ISRO report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Slow subsidence up to 9 cm is recorded in Joshimath town over a period of seven months, between April and November 2022, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellite-based report.
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CM Pushkar Singh Dhami chairs meeting on Joshimath, assures full support t
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Chief Minister also interacted with the scientists of various establishments engaged in the investigation of landslides and inquired about the ongoing studies and research into the causes of landslides in Joshimath. During the meeting, scientists informed the chief minister about the
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Sinking Joshimath: If any situation arises, Army helicopter is on standby,
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"If any situation arises, the Army helicopter is on standby, and our helicopter is on standby too. Army unit is also on standby," said Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha.
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Sinking Joshimath: Administration prepares to demolish precariously standi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Owing to the land subsidence in the Joshimath area of Uttarakhand's Chamoli, where buildings and structures are in a precarious condition after having developed cracks, the Malari Inn hotel is to be demolished by the administration.
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Nadda speaks to Uttarakhand CM on Joshimath land subsidence issue
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Wednesday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on the issue of Joshimath land subsidence.
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After Joshimath, houses in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal develop cracks, loc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The joshimath-like situation is now being seen in Tehri district as well. On one hand landslides are happening in the villages adjacent to Tehri lake, now in Chamba also cracks have increased in the houses above and near the chamba tunnel putting about one and a half dozen families in dan
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