Joshimath

One person was killed while five others were rescued after a building collapsed at Helang near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district late on Tuesday evening. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said they pulled one body from the…
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Police have asked Muslims in Badrinath to celebrate Bakrid in Joshimath, about 40 km away from the temple town. The minority community residing in Badrinath mostly consists of migrant labourers working on reconstruction projects at the…
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The three proposals by the Chamoli district administration for the rehabilitation and resettlement of affected people in land subsidence hit Joshimath did not go well with the locals as they said the options ‘lacked clarity’. Chamoli…
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After starting the dismantling of the two damaged hotels due to land subsidence in Joshimath, the Chamoli district administration has now issued orders for three residential properties – two in Manohar Bagh ward and one in Sunil.…
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The Centre has dismissed allegations by environmentalists and geologists that tunnelling associated with the National Thermal Power Corporation’s 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town may have triggered…
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The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation has released satellite images of Joshimath, the Uttarakhand town gradually sinking because of land subsidence, and revealed that a rapid subsidence of 5.4cm has…
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Army chief General Manoj Pande said some Indian troops have been relocated from areas surrounding Uttarakhand’s ‘sinking’ town of Joshimath, bordering China. Pande’s statement comes even as the Uttarakhand government Thursday told the…
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Demolition of two hotels in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath – Hotel Malari Inn and Hotel Mount View – and several houses that have developed cracks due to land subsidence – will take place today, officials have confirmed. All residents have been…
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Uttarakhand chief secretary SS Sandhu on Monday chaired a high-level meeting on the emerging situation in Joshimath and directed officials to vacate the affected areas without any delay and immediately demolish buildings that developed…
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