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The Uttarakhand government waived off the electricity and water bills of people affected by land subsidence for the next six months from November 2022.

Residents of Joshimath are facing an uncertain future as they continue to deal with the aftermath of the severe land subsidence that hit the city over a month ago.

Electricity and water bills of the local residents affected in Joshimath Land Subsidence have been waived on Sunday by the Uttarakhand Government at the orders issued on the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

It is crucial to find what, or who, is accountable for the land subsidence

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat staged a demonstration in Dehradun against Thursdays police lathicharge on the paper leak protesters.

Chamoli District Magistrate (DM) Himanshu Khurana on Friday said various cracks had been noticed in 868 buildings of Joshimath.

With no end in sight to the crisis, hundreds of others in Uttarakhand’s fragile mountain town still lucky enough to be at home are frantic with worry

Insomnia, anxiety, depression and crippling uncertainty about the future. As days pass into weeks and the cracks in their town widen and deepen, hundreds of people displaced by land subsidence in Joshimath.

Effective screening and awareness programmes among survivors should be strengthened for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric morbidity among the survivors of landslides, said experts.

NDRF has requested Garuda Aerospace to provide their DGCA approved drones for disaster management operations.