At a Namami Gange sewage treatment plant on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, 15 people were electrocuted and seven injured on Wednesday.
The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti had given the call for the rally to press for demands of permanent rehabilitation and compensation to affected families.
A team of Union Home Ministry and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) met Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and underlined the need for ascertaining the location of underground water accumulation in the subsidence...
Joshimath town receives very heavy rainfall compared to other places in the state and with a history of devastating flashfloods and developing cracks in several structures of the town, the appearance of a new hole has drawn...
On Wednesday, The National Institute of Hydrology said the profiles of water samples taken from the JP colony in Joshimath and the NTPC project site are different.
Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt, associated with Chipko Movement, said a report was submitted to the government in 2001 but it has not been acted upon since.
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana, who heads a committee working on a settlement plan for Joshimath, submitted his recommendations to a high-powered panel chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Anand Vardhan.
The latest round of evacuation took the number of families moved to safety to 603. Joshimath has been labelled as the 'sinking town' as cracks develop.
The passengers were on their way to Palla Jakhol village from Joshimath when the accident occurred. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief at the...
Tribal men and women of border villages like Kailashpur, Mahargaon, Kosha, Dronagiri, Niti, Bampa, Gamshali, Farkia, Jhelam, Kaga, Garpak and Malari...
Mahendra Bhatt, a former MLA of Nandaprayag in Chamoli district, replaces Haridwar MLA Mahesh Kaushik as the BJP's state unit chief. Bhatt lost in the assembly...
