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'.
The crucial Joshimath-Malari border road in the Chamoli district which connects the China border has developed cracks at several places due to landslides in Joshimath.
The coordination committees have been formed to provide help in relief and rescue of the people affected by the landslide. During his inspection of Joshimath landslide area, the Chief Minister also met the victims.
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Saturday said that there is no subsidence in the entire area of Joshimath but there is a part of the city where there are cracks which is not big.
In Joshimath town, huge cracks have been seen in houses, roads and fields and many houses have suffered subsidence. Cracks have been found at several places on the Joshimath-Malari border road, which connects the India-China border, due to landslides in Joshimath. A large part of Badrinat
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.