Raniganj in Bengal might also face Joshimath like fate due to Coal India: Mamata Banerjee
1 year, 11 months ago

Raniganj in Bengal might also face Joshimath like fate due to Coal India: Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee on Tuesday slammed Centre over the ongoing Joshimath crisis and flagged a similar threat in Bengal's Raniganj. Banerjee said the Raniganj coal belt in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district might also face a fate similar to that of Joshimath as the area is also subsidence-prone. Describing the situation in calamity-hit Joshimath as "very dangerous", she said the residents of the tiny hill town in Uttarakhand were not responsible for the disaster and the Centre must take steps on a war-footing to protect people. It is the duty of the government to take care of the people if there is any disaster," Banerjee said at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.

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All that is wrong about Joshimath
1 year, 2 months ago

All that is wrong about Joshimath

Hindustan Times  

Geological instability, rampant development and traffic-induced vibrations are among the causes cited by various government institutions that studied the subsidence phenomenon in Joshimath. PREMIUM The committee recommended that a comprehensive action plan be prepared for the Himalayan region covering expected disaster events and natural disasters like in Kedarnath and Joshimath Joshimath is an old settlement that falls on the pilgrimage …

Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence: Experts
1 year, 8 months ago

Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

Dehradun, Apr 23 Nearly four months since Joshimath made headlines as the "sinking town", the gateway to Himalayan pilgrimage sites is yet to see enough curative steps that address the land subsidence issue, environmental experts have said. Atul Sati, the convenor of the Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, told PTI, "Cracks are still appearing here and there." Forty-eight affected families received …

Steps taken in Joshimath inadequate, declare Himalayas eco-sensitive zone: Experts
1 year, 10 months ago

Steps taken in Joshimath inadequate, declare Himalayas eco-sensitive zone: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Unplanned and uncontrolled construction in the name of development in Uttarakhand has brought Joshimath on the brink of sinking, experts said here, demanding that the Himalayas be declared an eco-sensitive zone. In a resolution passed at a roundtable organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Saturday, experts termed as "inadequate" the steps taken to deal with the prevailing …

Declare Himalayas as eco-sensitive zone, regulate big projects: Experts on Joshimath
1 year, 10 months ago

Declare Himalayas as eco-sensitive zone, regulate big projects: Experts on Joshimath

India Today  

The hill town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand is sinking and evacuation work is underway. In a resolution passed at a roundtable on the topic 'Imminent Himalayan Crisis', organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Saturday, experts demanded that the Himalayas be declared an eco-sensitive zone, PTI reported. Terming the steps taken by the government to deal with the prevailing situation …

Mamata slams Centre over Joshimath crisis, warns off similar calamity in Asansol's Raniganj
1 year, 11 months ago

Mamata slams Centre over Joshimath crisis, warns off similar calamity in Asansol's Raniganj

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the central government over the situation in calamity-hit Joshimath and said that situation was the same in Asansol's Raniganj. The Raniganj coal belt in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district might also face a fate similar to that of Joshimath as the area is also subsidence-prone, Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata earlier …

Joshimath Crisis Updates: SC Remands Petitions Seeking to Declare Tragedy a "National Disaster" to Uttarakhand HC
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath Crisis Updates: SC Remands Petitions Seeking to Declare Tragedy a "National Disaster" to Uttarakhand HC

News 18  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday heard a plea seeking to declare the Joshimath crisis a “national disaster” and remanded back petitions to the Uttarakhand High Court. The study points out that “this road is strongly affected by landslides which has been previously described and attributed to the region’s fragility of slopes, focused rainfall and frequent seismicity”. Two more …

Joshimath sinking: Will it be declared national disaster? Supreme Court hearing today
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath sinking: Will it be declared national disaster? Supreme Court hearing today

India TV News  

Joshimath Sinking: The Supreme Court will today hear a plea seeking the court's intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand's Joshimath as a national disaster. According to the cause list of January 16 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala would hear the petition filed by Swami …

Joshimath crisis updates: Two more hotels lean towards each other, cracks widen at many places
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath crisis updates: Two more hotels lean towards each other, cracks widen at many places

India TV News  

Joshimath crisis: Two more hotels were dangerously leaning towards each other while wider cracks appeared near Auli ropeway and in other areas of land subsidence-hit Joshimath on Sunday. Meanwhile, special prayers were offered by locals at Nrisingh temple in Joshimath on Sunday to save the town from the land subsidence crisis, a former official of Badrinath temple Bhuvan Uniyal said. …

Joshimath crisis | Chamoli DM says resettlement package being prepared in interest of affected
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath crisis | Chamoli DM says resettlement package being prepared in interest of affected

The Hindu  

Dehradun The resettlement and rehabilitation package for the people affected in subsidence-hit Joshimath is being prepared keeping in mind the interests of stakeholders, an official said on Saturday. Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana who met the affected families staying in relief camps in Joshimath on Friday night said the stakeholders want to be compensated in different ways. "Some want cash …

Joshimath Crisis Updates: NDMA Asks ISRO Not to Share Land Subsidence-related Details Publicly; 223 Families Evacuated
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath Crisis Updates: NDMA Asks ISRO Not to Share Land Subsidence-related Details Publicly; 223 Families Evacuated

News 18  

After Indian Space Research Organisation shared a study stating that Joshimath sank 5.4 cm in 12 days, the National Disaster Management Authority on Saturday directed concerned departments to not interact with media or share any data publicly. After Indian Space Research Organisation shared a study stating that Joshimath sank 5.4 cm in 12 days, the National Disaster Management Authority on …

Fear and foreboding in Joshimath
1 year, 11 months ago

Fear and foreboding in Joshimath

The Hindu  

The first thing that Neelam Bhujwan does every morning is to open a window of her two-room rented accommodation to check on a yellow single-storey house barely 300 metres away on the same hill, a little down the slope. Now I see it sinking every day.” The 47-year-old Anganwadi worker has rented a place nearby, so she can keep a …

Joshimath sinking | Interim relief of ₹1.5 lakh per family, no house demolition: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath sinking | Interim relief of ₹1.5 lakh per family, no house demolition: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

The Hindu  

The Uttarakhand government will pay an interim relief of ₹45 crore, amounting to ₹1.5 lakh for each of the 3,000 families living in Joshimath, the Himalayan pilgrim town whose land is sinking, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday. The interim relief from the government came a day after the residents of Joshimath staged a massive protest when the …

Uttarakhand Congress demands ‘new Joshimath’, blames BJP for calamity
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Congress demands ‘new Joshimath’, blames BJP for calamity

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand Congress on Monday demanded from the centre that a ‘new Joshimath town’ be built nearby and the existing town is to be protected, given its immense religious importance. Former Uttarakhand chief minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat visited the affected areas in Joshimath and interacted with the locals Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and Congress state president Karan …

MHA, NDMA secretaries to visit Joshimath today; will review situation
1 year, 11 months ago

MHA, NDMA secretaries to visit Joshimath today; will review situation

Hindustan Times  

The secretaries of border management in the union home affairs ministry and the National Disaster Management Authority will visit ‘sinking zone’ Joshimath, Uttarakhand on Monday. The PMO office further directed the concerned officers from the NDMA, the National Institute of Disaster Management, the Geological Survey of India, the IIT Roorkee, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, the National Institute of …

Joshimath crisis: Residents of 68 houses deemed to collapse shifted to safe places, says CM
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath crisis: Residents of 68 houses deemed to collapse shifted to safe places, says CM

Hindustan Times  

With several houses in Uttarakhand's Joshimath having developed cracks due to land subsidence, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that the residents of 68 houses deemed to be in danger of collapse have been shifted. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami “An area spreading across 600 houses has been earmarked as a danger zone and efforts are underway …

Govt apathy to repeated warnings root cause of Joshimath crisis, environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt apathy to repeated warnings root cause of Joshimath crisis, environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt

India TV News  

Geological factors apart, the failure of successive governments to act on the warnings by experts about possible hazards in Joshimath and adjoining areas has emerged as a major reason behind the land subsidence crisis that has now gripped the town, environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt said on Monday. However, a detailed zonation mapping of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, …

Sinking land, cracking homes force many to flee India’s Joshimath
1 year, 11 months ago

Sinking land, cracking homes force many to flee India’s Joshimath

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds moved to shelters after buildings in the Himalayan town popular with pilgrims and tourists develop cracks due to shifting soil. In recent weeks, cracks have been reported in more than 600 houses in Joshimath, prompting authorities to move residents to safer locations, including hotels and guesthouses, government official Himanshu Khurana said. Such instances are detrimental to Joshimath as they …

Joshimath declared ‘unsafe for living’, govt focus on evacuation
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath declared ‘unsafe for living’, govt focus on evacuation

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government has declared Joshimath’s all nine municipal wards as “landslide-subsidence zone” under the disaster management act, and started evacuation of residents from these areas, officials said on Sunday. “As per the recommendation of the expert committee, municipal area of Joshimath in Chamoli district has been declared as disaster affected with regard to landslide and land subsidence activities,” Sinha …

Uttarakhand’s Joshimath declared ‘unsafe for living’ after land subsidence
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand’s Joshimath declared ‘unsafe for living’ after land subsidence

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government has declared Joshimath’s all nine municipal wards as ‘disaster affected’ and ‘unsafe for living’ under the Disaster Management Act in view of the growing threat from land subsidence that has resulted in cracks in over 600 houses in the holy city and has started evacuation of the people from these areas. Uttarakhand chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami …

'PM Modi assured all help on Joshimath': CM Dhami amid rising fears - Top 5
1 year, 11 months ago

'PM Modi assured all help on Joshimath': CM Dhami amid rising fears - Top 5

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured all help on Joshimath, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's office said on Sunday. PM Modi held a telephonic conversation with the Chief Minister as the state government takes urgent measures to help the people affected amid land subsidence concerns. Here are top five points on the Joshimath situation: 1) Chief Minister Dhami said he …

Joshimath land subsidence: PM Modi assures all possible help to save town
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath land subsidence: PM Modi assures all possible help to save town

Live Mint  

In the wake of land subsidence at Joshimath city of Uttarakhand, PM Modi spoke with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday, regarding the situation and assured all possible help to the state from the Union Government. PM Modi assured all possible help to save Joshimath" said Uttarakhand CM Dhami. We'll The Prime Minister's Office will also hold a …

PMO’s high-level meeting on Joshimath crisis today
1 year, 11 months ago

PMO’s high-level meeting on Joshimath crisis today

Live Mint  

The Prime Minister's Office will hold a high-level meeting on the Joshimath crisis in the Uttarakhand region due to sinking of land and cracks in houses at several places, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. PK Mishra, the principal secretary to the prime minister, will hold the review meeting with the cabinet secretary, other senior officials of the …

Prime Minister's Office to hold high-level meet on Joshimath situation today
1 year, 11 months ago

Prime Minister's Office to hold high-level meet on Joshimath situation today

Hindustan Times  

A high-level meeting at the Prime Minister's Office will take place on Sunday on the Joshimath situation. Joshimath: Cracks appear at a house due to landslides at Joshimath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Saturday, Dr P K Mishra, principal secretary to PM Modi, will hold a high level review with Cabinet Secretary & senior government officials and members of National …

Rahul Gandhi expresses concern over Joshimath situation
1 year, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi expresses concern over Joshimath situation

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed concern over the plight of people in Uttarakhand's Joshimath, where cracks have appeared in hundreds of houses, and asked the State government to take care of the affected populace and ensure their safety in this cold weather. "Going against nature by continuous digging and unplanned construction on the mountains has led to the …

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami meets affected people in Joshimath, assures all possible support from government
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami meets affected people in Joshimath, assures all possible support from government

The Hindu  

Days after the homes and buildings in Joshimath, home to the monastery of Adi Sankaracharya and gateway to the Badrinath temple, started developing deep cracks prima facie due to land subsidence, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the revered town to take the stock of the situation. The Chief Minister said the government is standing fully with the affected people …

Joshimath shrinking UPDATE: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami orders urgent measures at high-level meeting | Top Points
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath shrinking UPDATE: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami orders urgent measures at high-level meeting | Top Points

India TV News  

Joshimath shrinking update: In the latest development to the Joshimath land subsidence saga, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday held a high-level meeting and instructed officials to set up a big temporary rehabilitation centre in the town. Here are some other key decisions taken by the government during the meeting: Chief Minister Dhami ordered immediate evacuation of around …

Joshimath sinking | People panic, projects stopped
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath sinking | People panic, projects stopped

The Hindu  

With residents of the Joshimath town reporting an increase in landslides and hundreds of houses at the hill town in Uttarakhand developing cracks, the district administration has issued orders to stop work on the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project and all other construction activity in the area, including the Helang bypass road. The Chamoli district administration, later, …

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