Amid fears around the sinking of the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, Disaster Management Secretary Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said a deadline has been given to various central technical institutions to compile a study report of the area affected by subsidence.
Addressing a press conference in Dehradun on Tuesday, Sinha said, "Four wards in Joshimath have been declared as completely unsafe. The rest of the wards have been found to be partially affected (by subsidence)."
The Uttarakhand government has distributed an amount of Rs 2.85 crore to 190 families affected by land subsidence as advance for displacement, said Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Monday.
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.
"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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