Joshimath Uttarakhand

Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district is a key transit point for tourists travelling to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, and is situated at a height of ...

Joshimath: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is scheduled to visit the town and conduct physical inspections of the land subsidence-affected ...

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is likely to visit Joshimath today.

Rajendran, from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, and an expert in Himalayan tectonics as having said, “Cutting hills for wider roads will only destabilise them further.” The town has around 50,000 residents and is downhill from Joshimath. Meanwhile, late on Friday, a temple collapsed in Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Friday evening, sparking fresh fear among residents. NDTV quoted the municipality chief as having said that more than 3,000 people were affected. On Friday, a temple that had developed cracks collapsed in Joshimath. Karnaprayag is over 80 kilometres away from Joshimath.

Uttrakhand: On a day when a temple collapsed in Singdhar ward of the Himalayan town of Joshimath on Friday evening, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh ...

Also, ongoing projects, including a hydel power plant and the Char Dham road, have been halted. The nearby town of Auli is seeing a similar problem develop; all roads to it have been closed. More than 3,000 people are affected, the municipality chief has said.

The chief minister conducted an aerial survey of Joshimath. Additionally, he will visit the families who have been impacted and inspect the affected areas ...

Joshimath-Malari border road, which connects India-China border, developed cracks at several places due to numerous land subsidence incidents in Joshimath.

By India Today Web Desk: Uttarakhand's Joshimath, the gateway to some renowned pilgrimage sites, including Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and the international ...

Dr Sinha also agreed that buildings above 12 meters should not have been built in Joshimath. In a conversation with India Today TV, Disaster Secretary Dr Ranjit Sinha denied that development work was the reason for the prevalent disaster in Joshmath. Anjap Prakash also threw light on the topography of the town in concern. "The major reason is the Hydro Power Project that has been disturbing," Anjal Prakash underlined. While the cause may be concluded as geological, experts have not hesitated in pointing out man-induced causes of the possible disaster. [By India Today Web Desk](/author/india-today-web-desk): Uttarakhand's Joshimath, the gateway to some renowned pilgrimage sites, including Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and the international skiing destination Auli, seems on the brink of a disaster.

Joshimath-Malari border road, which connects India-China border, developed cracks at several places due to numerous land subsidence incidents in Joshimath.

Joshimath (Uttarakhand) [India], January 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that scientists were looking into the cause of the ...

Huge cracks have been seen in houses, roads and fields and many houses have suffered subsidence. Addressing mediapersons here, he said that it is a task to evacuate everyone safely, but they are taking necessary steps to keep it safe for the future as well because of varied reasons including that the first Math was also established here. “The walls have developed cracked due to the seepage of water. We are also contemplating if people need to be migrated from here and rehabilitated. The chief minister also met with displaced families who were relocated after cracks were seen in their houses. Moreover, we are also focussing to safeguard the people here before the onset of monsoon,” Dhami added.

Uttarakhand: क्या पर्यटकों का भारी बोझ उठाने के लिए तैयार हैं उत्तराखंड के पहाड़ी इलाके? जानें ...

वहीं बात मसूरी में की जाए तो 2017 में यहां पहुंची पर्यटकों की संख्या 27 लाख थी. वहीं 2020 में पर्यटकों की संख्या 10 लाख थी. वहीं बात जोशीमठ की बात करें तो 2019 में 4.9 लाख पर्यटक यहां पहुंचे थे. वहीं 2018 में जोशीमठ में 2.4 लाख पर्यटक पहुंचे. आंकड़े देखें तो साल में करोड़ों लोग हर साल उत्तराखंड जाते हैं और पहाड़ों की खूबसूरती से वाकिफ होते हैं. दीगर है कि उत्तराखंड में टूरिस्ट्स बड़ी संख्या में जाते रहे हैं.

The situation worsened, and now over 600 families are being evacuated from Joshimath after a temple collapsed, and several houses developed wide cracks.

It is also the gateway to the Sikh holy shrine Hemkund Sahib. The ground shook and initial cracks in houses and roads started appearing due to the blasts from the under-construction project, barely a kilometre from the holy town, in December itself, when panicked residents urged the Chief Minister to take action. The factors are not recent, they have built up over a long period of time, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Kalachand Sain has said. The state government has swung into action, deploying choppers and putting rescue and relief services on top gear as the town, gateway to several religious pilgrimages, threatens to sink. Residents of the "sinking town" Joshimath in Uttarakhand wrote to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami thrice last month, alerting him about the repercussions of blasts in the tunnels of the NTPC hydel project nearby, letters accessed by NDTV show. Because we needed to first ascertain why the cracks are happening.

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PK Mishra, will be holding a high-level review meeting with the cabinet secretary and senior government ...

The irrigation department has been asked by the state government to look into the issue and create a new plan for the drainage system. Experts recommend a complete shutdown of development and hydroelectric projects in the region. The landslide debris on which the city was established has a low bearing capacity and experts have long warned that it cannot support a high rate of construction. The central government has set up a panel to conduct a "rapid study" of the occurrence of land subsidence and its impact on Joshimath. Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand government has released an additional amount of Rs 11 crore for Chamoli for safety and rescue operations. Uttarakhand officials and National Disaster Management Authority to attend the meeting.

The Uttarakhand adminsitration on Sunday directed to vacate the inspection bungalow in the Joshimath town of Chamoli as huge cracks appeared in its adjacent ...

"Development has now become a reason for destruction as hydroelectric power projects, and tunnels have affected our town. "Principal Secretary to PM Dr. [Nirakshan Bhawan](/topic/nirakshan-bhawan) last night.