Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has arrived in Joshimath amid fears the hill-town is “sinking” due to land subsidence.
Prior to his arrival Dhami took an aerial survey of the town where many houses, roads and fields have developed huge cracks.
#Joshimath land subsidence: #Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami conducts an aerial survey of Joshimath
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Fissures have also appeared at several places on the Joshimath-Malari border road, which connects the India-China border, due to landslides in Joshimath, ANI reported. A large part of Badrinath National Highway is also in the grip of landslides.
Joshimath sinking : Auli ropeway stopped; Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami orders immediate evacuation of 600 families#Joshimath #SinkingJoshimath #Uttarakhand #Evacuation #Auli @pushkardhami #Kedarnath #Badrinath #NTPC pic.twitter.com/1hJ5GqDaJX
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Joshimath Municipal Chairman Shailendra Pawar said huge cracks appeared in the houses due to water leakage from inside the ground in the Marwadi ward.
Uttarakhand CM #PushkarSinghDhami surveyed the affected area and met the people affected in #Joshimath.#JoshimathIsSinking @pushkardhami @ukcmo pic.twitter.com/KlVM2jb8X0
— IANS (@ians_india) January 7, 2023
561 establishments have reported cracks according to an earlier Chamoli administration statement.
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Prayers and Protests!#Joshimath #joshimathsinking #JoshimathIsSinking #जोशीमठ pic.twitter.com/c1OoNwnx4p— Payal Mohindra (@payal_mohindra) January 7, 2023
The statement said that operations of Hotel View and Malari Inn were restricted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
#WATCH | Land subsidence and cracks in many houses continue in Uttarakhand's Joshimath. Cracks have appeared on 561 houses in Joshimath, and water seepage continues from underground in JP Colony, Marwadi. pic.twitter.com/vo7IxIh1Xl
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On Thursday, nine families were displaced, including four families in Joshimath Municipal Corporation, one from Gurudwara Joshimath, one from Tourist Hostel, Manohar Bagh and others. So far, 38 families have been displaced.
Under instructions from the CM Dhami, Chamoli district administration on Thursday had asked Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to set up shelters that can accommodate Joshimath’s migrating families. Earlier on Friday, a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had been rushed to Joshimath in the face of the natural disaster.
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