Joshimath Crisis: Indian Space Research Organisation’s National Remote Sensing Center has released satellite images of the town of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, which is slowly falling due to land subsidence. The reason is drowning and it turns out that 10 in days december, 1200 and January 8, 4891 A rapid subsidence of 5.4 cm has been recorded. April 4891 and November among 11-The rate of daily drowning has been fast, a slow decline of 9 cm was observed in Joshimath. The NSRC said last week that rapid subsidence had started between December and the first week of January.

Subsidence Zone in Central Joshimath including Army Helipad and Narsingh Mandir

Satellite images show that subsidence zone is located in Central Joshimath including Army Helipad and Narsingh Temple. Dhansav Ka Taj Near Joshimath-Auli Road 2,95 is situated at a height of m.

Joshimath has been declared as landslide zone by Chamoli district administration Joshimath has been declared a landslide zone by Chamoli district administration after hundreds of houses developed cracks within few days and families had to relocate as their houses have been identified as dangerous. While the government has announced an interim relief package of Rs 1.5 lakh and is working on a rehabilitation package, the demolition of the two hotels began on Thursday but was again halted due to inclement weather. The mechanical demolition was put on hold for a few days due to protests from the local people and residents.

Hotel Malari Inn and Mount View Hotel will be demolished Only Hotel Malari Inn and Mount View Hotel will be demolished as their existence is dangerous to the surrounding structures, the administration assured that no other houses will be demolished so far. Several expert teams have been deputed to analyze the sinking of Joshimath, while tunneling work for the NTPC hydroelectric project is being blamed by experts. NTPC, however, issued a statement claiming that their tunnel is not passing under Joshimath.

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Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 8: 48 AM IST