- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, on Monday (9) appealed to everyone to work as a team to save the holy hill town of Joshimath and added that prime minister Narendra Modi was also monitoring the developments in the region.
“We’ve appealed to everyone to work as a team and save Joshimath. (People of) 68 houses that were in danger have been shifted. A zone of over 600 houses has formed & efforts are underway to shift them. The PM is also monitoring it &has assured all possible help,” Dhami, who hails from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said.
#WATCH | We've appealed to everyone to work as a team & save #Joshimath. (People of) 68 houses that were in danger have been shifted. A zone of over 600 houses has formed & efforts are underway to shift them. PM is also monitoring it &has assured all possible help: Uttarakhand CM pic.twitter.com/7QorJeBD9d
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 9, 2023
The National Disaster Management Authority has submitted its report to Dhami over the recent damage to buildings and ground subsidence in the Himalayan town.
An eight-member team led by Disaster Management secretary Ranjit Sinha submitted the report after carrying out a survey in Joshimath.
The secretary, along with experts from different institutions and organisations, did a field survey last week to assess the exact damage caused to buildings and ground subsidence in Joshimath.
The report by disaster management team experts has sought that the recommendations made in the report compiled in August last year on Joshimath should be carried out.
The experts also advised that the houses that have been heavily damaged should be demolished.
