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'.
Makar Sankranti heralds the end of winter and the start of longer days as the sun moves northward. And this period is known as Uttarayan and is considered to be very auspicious.
The Secretary of Disaster Management informed that four companies have bid for the drainage contract, and the company with the required technical capabilities will be shortlisted.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who arrived on a tour of Champawat district, performed aarti of goddess Sharda at Sharda Ghat in Tanakpur and wished for happiness and peace in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the people on the occasion of Uttarayan also known as Bhogi, said a press release from Prime Minister's Office.
A team from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee on Saturday started a door-to-door survey of houses in the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand's Chamoli and pasted "unusable" posters on houses extremely impacted by land subsidence.
Land subsidence has halted a ropeway service connecting Chamoli's Joshimath to Auli in Uttarakhand, Dinesh Bhatt, manager, Ropeway Operation, said on Saturday.
Higher mountain ranges in Joshimath including Chamoli district and the holy shrine of Badrinath in Chamoli district were covered in a blanket of snow received fresh snowfall.