Calling the agitation unnecessary, Sati said it has ruined the local economy and alleged that the agitators have nothing to do with Joshimath.
It is because whoever designed Joshimath did not carry out proper environmental impact and other related studies. It was also not ascertained whether the place was capable of bearing the burden of growing population.
The Public Works Department, Uttarakhand looks after the maintenance of the road. Some cracks have also appeared on the highway between Joshimath and Marwari which is used for pilgrims returning from Badrinath and passes...
Forty-eight affected families received a cumulative compensation of Rs 11.69 crore as part of a rehabilitation package by April 20 and the process is still underway but the kind of urgency with which long-term steps should...
Keeping impending disasters in mind, people-centric disaster adaptation must be the way forward
A team of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is studying Doda’s affected Thathri village and the cause of the cracks can only be ascertained after the GSI submits its report, say officials. However, villagers say the...
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said land subsidence in Joshimath was a challenge for the government but it was efficiently tackled with active cooperation from the Centre.
A team of geologists and senior district officials have visited Jammu and Kashmir to ascertain the reasons behind the cracks.
Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said the area of subsidence in Joshimath was 15 km upstream from the components of the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower...
In January 2023, hundreds of residents were forced to leave their homes in the historic pilgrim settlement of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, after the land beneath...
Talking to reporters in Raiwala near Rishikesh on the concluding day of the Pradesh BJP's executive committee meeting, Dhami said no one should have any doubts...
The decision of the chief minister will go a long way in identifying the areas more prone to earthquakes and also help prepare a detailed report of landslides...
In a resolution passed at the roundtable organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), experts termed as "inadequate" the steps taken to deal with the...
The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti had given the call for the rally to press for demands of permanent rehabilitation and compensation to affected families.
Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, appears on the edge of a...
Adequate arrangements have been made at temporary relief centres for the affected people to protect them from cold. Heaters and blowers have been supplied to...
Joshimath is a temple town of around 25,000 people that sits at an altitude of 1,890 meters (6,200 feet) and falls on key Hindu pilgrim as well as trekking...
Apart from Joshimath, located at a height of around 6,000 feet, many famous locations in the higher altitudes of Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts, including...
Rains lashed Joshimath overnight and were followed by a spell of snowfall on Friday morning, officials said.
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...
Describing the situation in calamity-hit Joshimath as "very dangerous", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Centre must take steps...
The Centre on Tuesday set separate deadlines for the reports that various experts groups are preparing on the Joshimath crisis. Experts from different...
According to scientists, the highway stretch between Joshimath and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand is likely to become more vulnerable to landslides because of...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the situation in calamity-hit Joshimath as "very dangerous" and emphasized that the residents of the tiny...
The Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (JBSS) holds the building of the NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project's tunnel responsible for the current crisis in...
