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The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire town may sink.

The state-owned corporation has told the power ministry explaining its project has no role in the subsidence of the region

The demolition work of Hotel Mount View and Malari Inn, which were identified as 'unsafe' and a threat to life and structures in proximity, in Joshimath, started on Thursday afternoon.The electricity poles installed outside the hotels were ...

Media reports say that cracks have appeared in more than 670 of some 2,500 buildings

"I've moved my grandchildren and wife to the nearby school because our home isn't safe," Lal told the Thomson Reuters Foundation as he stood outside the abandoned house on his plot, which he visits every day and longs to return to. Like many others in the town, which lies more than 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level, Lal blames the damage on a hotel construction boom and tunneling for a nearby hydroelectric project being built by India's state-run power utility NTPC...

Locals blame the damage on a hotel construction boom and tunneling for a nearby hydroelectric project.

Joshimath land subsidence: Explaining its position to the Union Power Ministry, Indias largest electricity-generating company said a head trace tunnel (HRT), which connects water intake at the dam site to the powerhouse for generation of the Tapovan Vishnugad hydro electricity project,

The Uttarakhand cabinet announced a slew of measures on Friday to provide relief to the people of the hill town, including a six-month waiver of electricity and water bills and a one-year moratorium on the recovery of bank loans. Joshimath Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Says ‘Moving Step by Step To Address Problem in Sinking Town’.

Protest-hit govt says no house to be razed without consent and offers compensation

Administrative obduracy can be attributed to successive state governments displaying a flagrant disregard for the delicate ecosystems of the Himalayas in their bid to bring ‘development’